Baboons failed to recognize themselves in mirrors, suggesting limited self-awareness compared to some animals.

A week after Raygun was brutally killed, another dispersed male baboon, Jasiri, has been spotted in public. Here's what to do ...

Wild baboons failed to demonstrate visual self-recognition in a test carried out by anthropologists. Published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study found that while the baboons ...

The researchers observed 120 Chacma baboons in Tsaobis Nature Park, Namibia, between May and October 2021 to better understand self-awareness among wild non-hominid primates, who have previously ...

EXCLUSIVE: Ruben Lambrechts, a 26-year-old Namibian farmer and tour operator, has formed an extraordinary bond with his ...

But wild baboons, when presented with a mirror, don’t seem to recognize they’re staring at their own selves, a new study has found. For decades, researchers have tried to understand if other ...

Self-awareness may be beyond primates in the wild. Chimps, organutans and other species faced with a mirror react to a dot on their face in the lab, a widely used measure of self-awareness.

A study on wild baboons finds they fail the mirror test, raising new questions about self-recognition in animals.

The researchers observed 120 Chacma baboons in Tsaobis Nature Park, Namibia, between May and October 2021 to better understand self-awareness among wild non-hominid primates, who have previously ...

A study of wild baboons found that alpha males are more stressed and expend more energy than other males, providing a deeper understanding of the stress that high-status animals may experience.

The SPCA has offered a R20k reward for info leading to the conviction of individuals who tortured and killed a wild ...

A woman who was on holiday in Tanzania was visited by an angry baboon who forcefully pulled at her glass door, trying to ...