COLUMN: IN THE WILD. SCIENTISTS say monkeys are a large and diverse mammal group that includes most primates, but they are ...

Look away, hunks; this one may sting a bit. In the wild, the law is straightforward: it's all about survival of the fittest.

The study used female baboons to determine the effects of a high-fat, high-sugar diet on their unborn babies. About nine months before conception, the baboons were randomized to consume either a ...

Among the top three suppliers to the global wildlife market, South African breeders and exporters exploit loopholes and a lack of enforcement to bypass conservation rules.

Disney's stage version of their hit film is an unmatched global phenomenon. Twenty-seven years on from its premiere, its ...

Only a month later another baboon was found dead in Betty’s Bay. “On Sunday 22 September, in the late afternoon, a resident of Betty’s Bay contacted Overstrand Municipality after finding a dead adult ...

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The Spanish government has announced plans to ban harmful experiments on great apes as part of a wider initiative to give ...

They also examined differences between the brains of chimpanzees, olive baboons (Papio anubis), and rhesus macaques ... Vickery and team caution that most of the chimpanzee MRI samples were female, ...

For instance, female gibbons dance to attract a mate. The idea of a beagle, a potential family pet, being bred for experimentation highlights the speciesism inherent in how we decide what or whom ...

Another idea is that the red color serves as a warning to predators. The bright color may intimidate predators and make them think twice about attacking a baboon. Female Rhesus Macaques with the ...