Animal rights activists disagree with authorities on how best to handle boom in primate population near Table Mountain ...

Animal-rights group PETA has filed a complaint against Eastern Virginia Medical School, alleging abuse against baboons that went through Caesarian sections for pregnancy research. PETA sent the ...

There are six different species of baboons. Scientists have found that certain species of baboons are more aggressive than others. However, when push comes to shove, every species of baboon can be ...

South Africa's Middelburg Observer reported that several local organizations carefully collaborated to rescue and release a lonely baboon. Their work is an incredible example of how to help a ...

After years of scrutiny and recent condemnation from animal rights groups, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in El Reno announced it will be ending its embattled baboon program by 2019 ...

A zoo in Germany said it killed 12 baboons and fed them to zoo predators on Tuesday in a rejection of protests from animal protection groups. Seven protestors were detained when, in a last effort to ...

The zoo initially announced the plan to lower their baboon population in February 2024 The Tiergarten Nürnberg Zoo in Southern Germany confirmed that it killed 12 healthy Guinea baboons due to ...

In the animal kingdom, wild creatures are quite literally hard-wired to locate suitable mates and work as quickly as possible to ensure reproductive success. But one thing scientists have long ...

A baboon at Popcorn Park died Wednesday, the animal refuge said in a social media post. “It is with deep sorrow that we inform you all of Legolas’ [the baboon] passing,” the Facebook post read. “While ...

Troops of Hamadryas baboons can reach numbers of 400 strong without a single particular leader. Albeit large, these troops are sub-divided into dozens of smaller harems, which are led by high-ranking ...