In a nutshell Wild baboons understand mirrors show real events but don’t recognize their own reflection in them. Only 1 out of 135 mirror tests showed any self-directed response Young male ...

A Swansea University team used high-resolution GPS to track wild chacma baboons and tested these theories. Scientists at Swansea University have found that baboons line up while walking not as a ...

Humans like to study themselves in a mirror. But wild baboons, when presented with a mirror, don’t seem to recognize they’re staring at their own selves, a new study has found. For decades ...

Wild baboons not capable of visual self-awareness when viewing their own reflection Wild baboons failed to demonstrate visual self-recognition in a test carried out by anthropologists at UCL.

A new study from Swansea University has revealed a surprising relationship between grooming behavior and physiological stress in wild female baboons, addressing a crucial gap in our understanding ...

In a study of 256 wild baboons, researchers found that resource limitation during early life was associated with many differences in DNA methylation, a small chemical mark on the DNA sequence that ...

The chances of a baboon kidnapping a lion cub are low, but it sometimes occurs in nature. Read here to learn why.

A week after Raygun was brutally killed, another dispersed male baboon, Jasiri, has been spotted in public. Here's what to do if you see him.

Dogs and wild baboons occasionally play together in other parts of their range. Young male baboons do kidnap infant female baboons, presumably to become incorporated into their harem.

New research has found a surprising link between grooming and physiological stress in wild baboons. While grooming often calms, this study suggests it can sometimes elevate stress levels. This ...

This YouTube clip claims that wild baboons kidnap puppies and raise them as pets. It's a sceintific mystery that I can't get out of my head.