That baboon troop was moved soon after to the Cape Point national park. But the conflict between humans and baboons around Cape Town remains just as alarming, and things are getting worse ...

It's not a simple case of "follow the leader" when it comes to baboons on foot, traversing their home range. Based on prior ...

with baboons acting as stand-ins for humans. People expand their settlements into areas where baboons once lived freely. They create secure spaces behind high walls, razor wire fences and security ...

Looking at Kindas can help scientists understand how evolutionary pressures shaped other primates’ social behavior—including early human behavior. “Baboon societies bear some resemblance to ...

Now Streaming on Disney+. Though humans are more closely related to the great apes such as chimpanzees and gorillas than to baboons, baboons are still excellent points of primate comparison.

In Cape Town the coexistence of humans and Chacma baboons in urban areas, particularly in villages like Kommetjie, has led to increasing tensions and conflicts. A mother Chacma baboon runs across ...

eGenesis has started transplanting gene-edited pigs’ hearts into infant baboons—and humans may be next. The baby baboon is wearing a mesh gown and appears to be sitting upright. “This little ...

That baboon troop was moved soon after to the Cape Point national park. But the conflict between humans and baboons around Cape Town remains just as alarming, and things are getting worse ...

with baboons acting as stand-ins for humans. People expand their settlements into areas where baboons once lived freely. They create secure spaces behind high walls, razor wire fences and security ...

Sandra Swart researches animal and human history, often with a focus on baboons. She told us the fascinating and cruel history of these encounters in South Africa. People are far more ...