Like humans, baboons are able to cooperate with another of their kind for the common good—or punish them if they don't reciprocate, a study said on Friday. Scientists have long debated whether animals ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. AP - State officials have confiscated two baboons from a Columbia County fair, saying the owner violated a license to have the exotic animals.The baboons, one of which scratched a ...

Conflict between humans and baboons can tear communities apart. Shirley C. Strum has studied wild olive baboons in Kenya for more than 50 years. In that time she's come to understand the species ...

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 ...

"In the baboon group we studied, the more socially connected, higher-ranking individuals usually walk in the middle of the group, while lower-ranking baboons are often out in front or at the rear.

Like humans, baboons are able to cooperate with another of their kind for the common good -- or punish them if they don't reciprocate, a study said on Friday.