A juvenile baboon, spotted in Durban's Umbilo area last weekend, has been caught. According to the Centre for Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW), the young animal was spotted around the Wilson's Wharf ...

The baboon on the loose and seen roaming in the Umbilo and Glenwood areas in Durban might not have been sent by witches, but could be a stowaway. Or, it could have escaped from the Durban muthi market ...

Conflict between humans and baboons can tear communities apart. Shirley C. Strum has studied wild olive baboons in Kenya for ...

Dominant baboons rule the troops by day, but at night, they may pay a hidden cost. A study led by Swansea University has ...

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Any baboons breaching it will be euthanised. Additional measures are the rolling out of long-awaited 3,000 baboon-proof household bins in high-impact areas during the 2025/2026 financial year, and ...

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''Baboon hawks are a primate of the family Cercopithecidae. They are hunchbacked but can stand up to 8 feet on average. Their heads are boney, with bird-like beaks and long horns, which they use like ...

An action plan to minimise the amount of time baboons spend in human-dominated environments and prevent further habituation has been agreed to by authorities in the Western Cape. Under the tough new ...

The days of trash-talking raccoons may be coming to an end. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology found that city-dwelling raccoons are showing early signs of domestication — and ...

A growing fascination with raccoons on social media — and new scientific research suggesting the animals are becoming physically “cuter” — may be fueling their rise as unconventional household pets, ...