In a lab test, chimps and orangutans can recognize their own reflection. But in the wild, baboons seemingly can’t do the same.

To find out if baboons, which are particularly sociable monkeys, are capable of this level of sophistication, researchers conducted an experiment at a French primate centre. Eighteen Guinea ...

A new study confirms that wild baboons do not recognize themselves in mirrors, reinforcing previous research on monkey ...

Dramatic pictures show a baboon with its arm trapped inside the jaw of a crocodile as it struggled to escape becoming the reptile's next meal. The photos were snapped in Tsavo West National Park ...

Baboons will raid farms and homes looking for food, and some baboons will attack crops. Size As the largest member of the ...

Ancient Egyptians mummified baboons for religious purposes, but new research reveals they were likely raised in captivity ...

A study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, found that while the baboons noticed and responded to a laser mark ...

Wild baboons failed to demonstrate visual self-recognition in a test carried out by anthropologists at UCL.

Farmer François Theron hates baboons. Some 1 ,000 of the big monkeys live on his sheep farm in South Africa’s Cape province. Says he: “They’ll rip off a sheep’s leg for breakfast and ...

"As the baboons didn't touch the marks when viewed indirectly, this research confirms that monkeys don't spontaneously recognise themselves in a mirror. But, given the monkeys quickly familiarised ...

The new ‘hunters’ are baboons that are now giving Kenyans sleepless nights as they search for food. The most affected are Kamaguru residents in Bura District. In the past two weeks ...