The world of primates is incredibly diverse, ranging from tiny marmosets to the impressive giants that roam the Earth's forests and savannahs. While many people immediately think of great apes when ...

On a sunny afternoon in Cape Town's seaside village of Simon's Town, three young chacma baboons cause a commotion, clambering on roofs, jumping between buildings and swinging on the gutters. Enchanted ...

Monkeys come in an incredible range of sizes, from tiny species that can fit in your hand to intimidating primates weighing over 100 pounds. While many of these species are known for their agility and ...

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 ...

Chacma baboons in Tsaobis Nature Park, Namibia. Credit: Dr. Alecia Carter In Namibia, the researchers began by allowing the baboons a period of mirror exposure to learn about the reflective surface.

It was the first time a controlled laser mark test has been done on these animals in a wild setting and strengthens the evidence from other studies that monkeys don’t recognise their own reflection.

Baboons’ ability to spread across such a vast geographic area is based on their great ecological adaptability and dietary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Instead, I turned and was shocked to see Split Lip, the alpha male baboon from the troop that was frequenting Misty Cliffs, a ...

According to the studies, these formidable creatures have evolved remarkable physical traits to thrive in their specific environments, from the dense rainforests of Central Africa to the high-altitude ...

Wild baboons failed to demonstrate visual self-recognition in a test carried out by anthropologists. Published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study found that while the baboons ...