Baboons are among the largest monkeys in the world, typically standing 20 to 47 inches tall and weighing 50 to 100 pounds, depending on the species. In addition to their size, baboons also have sharp ...

A new study from researchers at Swansea University, Wales, revealed a surprising truth about the social behavior of baboons. In the Cape Peninsula of South Africa, the research team studied 78 ...

Conflict between humans and baboons can tear communities apart. Shirley C. Strum has studied wild olive baboons in Kenya for more than 50 years. In that time she's come to understand the species ...

"In the baboon group we studied, the more socially connected, higher-ranking individuals usually walk in the middle of the group, while lower-ranking baboons are often out in front or at the rear.

An animal welfare watchdog group is asking a federal agency to investigate and fine Eastern Virginia Medical School for the death of a baboon that accidentally strangled itself with a chain in a ...

Baboons live in groups with strict hierarchical structures, where a daughter’s rank is inherited from her mother. Yet despite the established social pecking order, a new study from scientists at ...

NORMAN, Okla. – A national research watchdog group is calling for a new federal probe against the University of Oklahoma after the 2017 death of a baboon. Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN), an ...

Intermediate-sized groups provide the most benefits to wild baboons, new research reveals. The researchers compiled their findings based on observing five social wild baboon groups in East Africa over ...