Understanding how female baboons benefit from social bonds helps humans understand their own origins.
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Conflict between baboons and humans won’t change unless human behaviour changes.
The native people of South Africa revered baboons, but they became part of occult beliefs and suburban fears.
Early life environments and adult social bonds both have strong effects on survival.
Researchers encourage citizen scientists to contribute to datasets on animal deaths caused by infrastructure. This will inform efforts to reduce the human impact on biodiversity.
The heart used in the first pig-human transplant was infected with a pig virus. This reveals that using other species as organ donors may not provide a solution for organ shortages.
North American red squirrels produce a range of sounds, but their distinctive rattle call may have more to do with identifying themselves than warning off other squirrels.
The study aimed to understand if and how wild chacma baboon collective behaviour changes in urban space, and what this means for their management.
Runaway slaves joined indigenous Khoe-San people and raided colonial farms. The rock art they left in their hideouts tells a fascinating story.
The DNA of microbes and food trapped in the teeth can reveal information about diet and health.
Researchers say it’s time to finally discard a decades-old theory about the origins of human language – and revise the date when human ancestors likely were able to make certain speech noises.
New research suggests that even ecologically flexible baboons could be at significant risk of habitat loss and endangerment from anthropogenic climate change.
Understanding how bullying evolved may help us deal with it in modern society.
A baboon survived nearly three years with a pigs heart, so does that mean cross-species transplantation is imminent?
The iconic southern African Chacma baboon is in danger. The species is facing a population decline.
When it comes to choosing locations, the leaders of baboon packs take a step back.
Baboons shed light on the irony of social networks: cliques limit information sharing.
Bold baboons are better at learning and sharing new tasks than shy baboons, new research shows. Researchers testing the ability…
Our individual, varied personalities are among the traits often cited as those that distinguish us from the rest of the animal kingdom. However, as we, like the rest of life on Earth, are products of natural…
Baboons have displayed a natural understanding of basic numbers similar to those of young children. Eight captive olive baboons…
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