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 ...

Though it looks like a baboon, the mandrill is a monkey of its own; it is closer genetically to the white-eyelid mangabey group. Before genetic testing, however, scientists used to believe that ...

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

The Infinite Monkey Theorem hypothesizes that, given a typewriter and an infinite amount of time, a monkey could in theory ...

The baboons' success is in striking contrast to the failure of Amboseli's vervet monkeys to adapt. Vervet monkeys, like baboons, are widespread savanna-dwelling monkeys, and the two species show ...

A baboon mandible (lower jawbone) on the left and gorilla on the right, representing the two major primate groups studied: monkey and ape, respectively. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

Anyone living in South Africa will know that the vervet monkeys and the baboons are our friendly (sometimes not so pleasant) ...

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 ...

Jimmy is a burglar and a loner LongFingered Fred excels in breaking into cars while Merlin prefers to target restaurants Meet the alpha males of the infamous Smits ...