A cute baby baboon has made his public debut at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Zoo. Kaia, a 12-year-old Hamadrayas baboon, gave birth to the as-yet unnamed male infant on Oct 22. Bole, a 23-year-old ...

The amusing pictures show the juvenile Chacma baboon pulling the adult's nipple far from its chest and giving it a big twist before grovelling in front of her and appearing to ask for forgiveness.

Eyes closed, scratching his head, this adorable baby baboon resembles a human pondering his future in these brilliant close-up pictures. The teddy-bear sized monkey was taking a break from ...

A nursing mother will not come into heat, but without a baby to feed, she will stop lactating and once again become sexually available. “Infanticide is common in chacma baboons,” says Dr. Ryne ...

The research, which focused on chacma baboons, spanned 13 years. “There are numerous hypotheses to explain primate responses to dead infants. Perhaps the strongest hypothesis is that carrying ...

Chacma baboons ... get the female back to full baby-making capacity faster, the team reports in a study published today in Science. A calmer scene of a Chacma baboon social group.

The research, which focused on chacma baboons, spanned 13 years. Anthropologists noted that baboon mothers carried their dead infants over different lengths of time, from one hour to 10 days.