When it comes to stress for baboons and people it's all about hierarchy. Sept. 22, 2008 — -- Baboons are aggressive, mean-spirited and wild. And when it comes to stress, apparently they are ...

The male infant baboon is named Defari, which means “strong” in the Ethiopian language of Amharic. According to the zoo, he is the first baby hamadryas baboon to be born there since 2019.

Baboons were important in the cosmology of indigenous hunter-gatherer groups. They're evident in mythic stories, including those of shapeshifting between human and baboon.

Wild recognition: conducting the mark test for mirror self-recognition on wild baboons. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2025; 292 (2039) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1933 ...

Wild baboons will look at themselves in a large mirror, but they do not respond to the reflection of a laser dot that they can see on their face. That lack of response suggests they do not have ...

A baby hamadryas baboon, Defari, has been born at the San Diego Zoo for the first time since 2019. Watch Defari bond with mom in the Africa Rocks exhibit.