One of Africa's rarest monkeys likely interbred with baboons in its past, new genetic research suggests. The large monkey called Rungwecebus kipunji, or kipunji for short, was only discovered in 2003, ...

MINERAL WELLS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - A baboon (yes, a baboon) was spotted wandering around a home in Mineral Wells Friday morning, and it was captured on video by a local resident. Bradee Hay told CBS ...

The affected villages include Kinarini, Godoni, Gopha, Chitsanze and Weruni, where families say they now live in fear and are ...

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At Peaceable Primate Sanctuary, Scott Kubisch cares for monkeys — among them Dyson, a baboon — who had been used in research labs or kept in abusive conditions. I almost drove right past it the first ...

NEW YORK -- The Bronx Zoo is showing off its bouncy new addition. A baby Gelada baboon is now living in the exhibit with the other baboons. He spent his first six months indoors with his mother. The ...

Opposing thumbs, expressive faces, complex social systems: it's hard to miss the similarities between apes and humans. Now a new study with a troop of zoo baboons and lots of peanuts shows that a less ...