Many people assume baboons and mandrills are the same animal because both belong to the Old World monkey family and share ...

ALTHOUGH simians are widespread and occasionally numerous in South Africa, more especially in those parts which are wooded or mountainous, they belong to only five — or, if one excludes the ...

Penn State researchers have used computed tomography (CT) technology to virtually glue newly-discovered skull fragments of a rare extinct lemur back into its partial skull, which was discovered over a ...

Leah Findlay works for the the Alldays Wildlife and Communities Research Centre in South Africa. She is the research coordinator of the Primate and Predator Project, which seeks to understand the ...

The South African was sent videos and confirmed reports on Friday of a large male baboon moving between houses in Rondebosch. This comes amid concerns of increasing encounters between baboons on the ...

Impala look to baboons for security from big cats lurking in the woodlands. From their watchtowers, baboons call out threats to the earth-bound impala. Lion vs. Wildebeest: How Lions Hunt as a Pride ...

Chilling by the pool with snacks, that's what a vacation is all about - but suddenly the mood changes: a large baboon steals the food of two tourists. They don't notice at first, however, as they are ...