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 aggressive ...

These friendships often lasted for life, and scientists say they show how male primates can use kindness and affection to socially succeed.

Baboon politics say a lot about human politics: It's tough to be on top, and the key to staying there is to know when to stress over the competition. Professor of Neuroscience at Stanford ...

For humans, of course, this is unimaginable. Even the closest family separates during the day to their various jobs and schools, and kids grow up and form their own families in their own homes.

Baboons can produce some of the precursors to human speech, according to a study published January 11 in PLOS ONE. These findings suggest human-like language, complete with vowel sounds, may have ...

The idea is to genetically alter pigs or baboons to make their organs compatible for use in human beings. This has now been done successfully for a second time in a human research subject.

A baboon at ZooTampa has been given a clean bill of health after receiving oral surgery last summer from doctors who normally ...

"I don't see a chance of this poor cub surviving," the photographer said of the event Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and ... he spotted a large male baboon carrying a tiny lion cub on ...

In a groundbreaking medical collaboration, a team of veterinary specialists and human dental experts at ZooTampa at Lowry Park successfully treated a rare dental condition in ...

Two baboon groups in their natural habitat in Senegal ... underlying skill attribution in a wild non-human primate. As such, our results provide a unique insight into the evolution of complex ...

ENCOUNTERS between baboons and people are common in parts of South Africa. WhatsApp groups often share stories of baboons raiding a kitchen and stealing all the food. And stories appear in the ...