Baboons are able to seamlessly transition from moving on four legs to two without missing a step and now researchers from Belgium, France and the UK have discovered that the animals crouch their ...

Study shows how baboons effortlessly transition from walking on four legs to two The animals crouch and sprint to take standing up in their stride. Nilima Marshall Thursday 19 January 2023 23:00 GMT ...

Rita's pioneering successes soon led to C.A.R.E. being South Africa's largest and longest standing rehabilitation center for baboons, located near Phalaborwa in the Limpopo region.

Being top baboon costs males their longevity Struggle for dominance leaves a mark on genes and speeds up aging Date: April 6, 2021 Source: Duke University Summary: A male baboon's social dominance ...

A male baboon carrying and grooming a lion cub is a rare sight, yet it happened over the weekend in South Africa's Kruger National Park. The baboon took the cub up into a tree and preened it as if ...

South Africa's Cape Peninsula is a big tourist draw, but it's also home to hundreds of brazen baboons, and there's fear people-monkey encounters are set to rise.

JOHANNESBURG — A male baboon carrying and grooming a lion cub is an unusual sight, yet it happened over the weekend in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. The baboon took the cub up into a ...

During more peaceful times, two female baboons sit next to a collared male baboon holding an infant. Elizabeth Archie It was a twisted scene right out of a horror movie. On a warm September day in ...

So, the baboons at the front aren't really leading; they're just out ahead.” Although baboons are not listed as endangered, they have faced mounting threats from human interference and habitat loss.

Just like humans, groups of baboons sometimes break off relations. Scientists have studied the dynamics of such breakups and say baboons tend to split up in a cooperative, egalitarian way.