Young primates in a southern African nature park were observed to constantly interfere when their mother was giving attention to a younger brother or sister. By Annie Roth Annie Roth has reported on ...

Astonishingly, baboons have been observed caring for lion cubs, a stark contrast to their usual predator-prey dynamic.

In the Cape Peninsula baboon crisis, the language, assumptions and policy options being advanced echo apartheid's architecture of control: spatial segregation, forced removal, containment and, when ...

A surprising new study has found that blocking reproduction in some mammals may increase their life expectancy by an average of 10 percent. The research is primarily based on captive creatures kept in ...

Despite ongoing management turmoil, there is a buzz around this year’s fair, as it welcomes more works from the past 100 years to its traditional roster ...

While most of the world’s 300+ monkey species are harmless plant-eaters, a few larger and more aggressive species are capable of inflicting serious harm. From city-dwelling rhesus macaques to powerful ...

Sibling rivalry might not unique to humans. New scientific research shows that baboon siblings in southern Africa also feel jealousy toward each other. Sibling rivalry can be intense between young ...

In 2025, I submitted a formal complaint to the Public Protector (reference CMS 52724/2025) alleging possible maladministration in the management of Cape Peninsula’s chacma baboons. I declare upfront ...

Passive-aggressive people often say things that sound harmless at first, but leave you feeling confused or attacked. The phrases passive-aggressive people use without even realizing it can be ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eats steak for breakfast, and has been accused by family members of blending up mice and chickens to feed his hawks and cutting off a dead whale’s head to bring it home. But he ...

After completing a degree in Film, Television, and Cultural Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University, I decided to pursue my love of writing and video games by entering the world of video game ...