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A new study has found that chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) like to feed on antelope poop, especially during drier months when vegetation might be sparse. Researchers deployed collar cameras attached to ...

March 11 (UPI) --Wild baboon mothers carry dead infants for up to ten days, according to a new study. The research promises to illuminate the ways animals deal with death. Over the course of 13 years, ...

Authorities in Cape Town, South Africa, have released an updated baboon action plan aimed at reducing conflict between people ...

Dominant baboons sleep less at night, as social rank keeps leaders more alert and prone to nighttime disruptions.

Baboon mothers living in the wild have been observed carrying their dead infants for as long as 10 days, according to scientists. A new study by University College London and France’s Université de ...

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 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Previous research has suggested that the quiet, tonal grunts given by female savanna baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) function to mollify ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Predators such as leopards and cheetahs are not the biggest mortal threat to baby Chacma baboons, large and aggressive monkeys that live across southern Africa. That threat ...

Dominant baboons rule the troops by day, but at night, they may pay a hidden cost. A study led by Swansea University has ...