New research shows female Kinda baboons who have strong social connections with other female and male baboons, or are more dominant, have babies who become independent faster than others. They are the ...

The Oakland Zoo has a new sentient potato — wait, make that baby Himalayan baboon, who is 6 weeks old and called Jasiri (“Jah-seer-ee”). The minuscule creature is the offspring of parent baboons Kodee ...

Animal-welfare group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed a complaint against Eastern Virginia Medical School, alleging abuse against baboons that went through Caesarian sections for ...

Hamadryas baboons are found in the wild in large numbers in Ethiopia, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, the zoo said. They live in troops of several hundred baboons. Daniella Segura McClatchy News A ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego Zoo welcomed its newest member at the end of June — a hamadryas baboon infant. Baby “Makeda” was born to mom Anakin and dad Lex and was named after the Queen of ...