New research shows father-daughter relationships have a positive influence on female baboons’ lives—when the dads stick ...

Only recently, a baboon’s cornea was successfully grafted onto a man’s eye. A pig’s liver, although it tolerates human blood, is not nearly so sophisticated as the baboon’s. Equalizing the ...

According to her mitochondria DNA, this baboon was related to a modern-day species known as Papio hamadryas, found in the plains and open-rock areas of the Red Sea Coast.

New analysis of mummified baboons is shedding light on their place in ancient Egypt, revealing that, while they were prized as sacred animals, their living conditions were less than ideal.

While wild baboons looked in a mirror, scientists shone laser pointers on their faces. Even though the monkeys pawed at the dot when it was on their arms or legs, they didn’t touch their faces ...

Of the 199 baboons in the study, 75 percent suffered through at least one stressor, and 33 percent had two or more. Their results confirm previous findings that the more hardship a female baboon ...