One day in the 1880s, a peg-legged railway signalman named James Edwin Wide was visiting a buzzing South African market when he witnessed something surreal: A chacma baboon driving an oxcart.

According to Ancient Egyptian legends, the Land of Punt was a mysterious kingdom covered in tropical vegetation, inhabited by exotic animals and rich in treasures, including gold, gemstones, ...

Cape Town is stepping up its battle against notorious bin-raiding baboons, with thousands of lockable bins being rolled out ...

International funders could finance targeted Simon’s Town fencing, military fence repairs and Slangkop upgrades to keep Cape Town baboons wild and reduce human-baboon conflict.

Say what you like, but sometimes the Internet really delivers. I felt like I was given a gift the first time I saw this video of a baboon’s response to a basic magic trick. It starts with a wan zoo ...

A baboon snatched up a baby gazelle and tore it to shreds in front of a wildlife photographer at a Kenya preserve -- a gory scene that was caught on camera. Baboons and gazelles often roam ...

A troop of restless baboons is a common early-morning sight at South Africa’s Kruger National Park. At first, safari operator Kurt Schultz didn’t notice anything unusual while snapping photos last ...

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