Juvenile baboons frolick on a parked car in Da Gama Park. Opinions vary on how best to manage the growing population. Photograph: Tommy Trenchard/The Guardian Animal rights activists disagree with ...

A popular refrain in the local press and on social media is that residents and baboons could, and therefore should, coexist harmoniously on the Cape Peninsula. Justification for this approach is ...

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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 ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive examine a baboon incident at a zoo and what it teaches about risk management. Donald Trump flubs his own official's name Nor’easter, 'blockbuster snowfall' ...

Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) get jealous of their siblings' grooming sessions. Delaunay et al., Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2026) If you have siblings, you may remember fighting for your ...

Many mammals have fur the color of brown and black. Why don't they have more exotic colors, like purple and neon pink?

JOHANNESBURG - Baboons, it seems, prefer pinot noir. They also like a nice chardonnay. Largely undeterred by electric fences, hundreds of wild baboons in South Africa's prized wine country are finding ...

The Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team (CPBMJTT), comprising representatives from SANParks, CapeNature, and the City of Cape Town, has welcomed a significant ruling from the Western Cape ...

A few weeks ago, residents from Rooiels, Pringle Bay and Betty’s Bay, together with conservationists from across the Western Cape, came out with placards to challenge the escalation of aggressive ...

Over the years, we’ve heard some candid stories about what it’s like to film a scene involving nudity. However, I can safely say I had never heard one that involved a butt sun ...