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An American couple's dream holiday in Livingstone takes a humorous turn when a baboon breaks into their hotel room, leading to a comical encounter that has gone viral on TikTok.
A bill to tax oral nicotine pouches, like Zyn, to help pay for wildfire costs is headed to the governor’s desk.
Researchers at Swansea University have discovered that baboons walk in lines, not for safety or strategy, but simply to stay close to their friends.
A baby hamadryas baboon is the first born at the San Diego Zoo since 2019, zoo officials reported. The baby has been named Defari, meaning “strong” in Amharic, an official language of Ethiopia ...
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.
Lisa Marie, a female hamadryas baboon, and her son, Defari. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance) The San Diego Zoo has announced that a baby hamadryas baboon, the first born there ...
Humans like to study themselves in a mirror. But wild baboons, when presented with a mirror, don’t seem to recognize they’re staring at their own selves, a new study has found. For decades ...
Alpha male baboons may earn the right to preside over their troops, but evidence indicates all that power takes its toll. A past study from Duke University research scientist Laurence Gesquiere ...
Wild baboons failed to demonstrate visual self-recognition in a test carried out by anthropologists.
Wild baboons not capable of visual self-awareness when viewing their own reflection Wild baboons failed to demonstrate visual self-recognition in a test carried out by anthropologists at UCL.