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 ...

Male (right) and female (left, with infant) friends in a population of Chacma baboons. (From Palombit, 2009). Among other things, friends are people you count on to come to your aid when you need help ...

The international movement of baboons has become administratively normal, processed through permits and paperwork, while public scrutiny remains focused elsewhere. The most unsettling aspect of the ...

An ingenious new camera collar has offered researchers from our Anthropology department an unprecedented glimpse into the secret lives of wild baboons in South Africa. The pioneering devices have ...

Social animals often develop relationships with other group members to reduce aggression and gain access to scarce resources. In wild chacma baboons the strategy for grooming activities shows a ...

A wrong turn led to a tragic and shocking end for Raygun, a chacma baboon brutally killed at Botleng Secondary School in Delmas, Mpumalanga, over the weekend. Raygun was allegedly chased, beaten, set ...

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, ...

Two chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) in Da Gama Park, Cape Town. Anna Bracken Many animals form groups. Living in a group can protect individuals from predators, reducing risk; it also helps them to ...

Santam says its clients were covered for up to 2% of their total sum insured for damage caused by wild baboons or monkeys, to ...

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A R5,000 reward has been offered for any information that could lead to the arrest and conviction of individuals involved in the brutal killing of an adult Chacma baboon, which was allegedly butchered ...

Male (right) and female (left, with infant) friends in a population of Chacma baboons. (From Palombit, 2009). Among other things, friends are people you count on to come to your aid when you need help ...