There is just something about baby animal cuteness that is always simply irresistible. Whether it is their playfulness or their unadulterated joy while they are munching on a tasty snack, whatever it ...

The Oakland Zoo has a new sentient potato — wait, make that baby Himalayan baboon, who is 6 weeks old and called Jasiri (“Jah-seer-ee”). The minuscule creature is the offspring of parent baboons Kodee ...

The planum temporale area in the left hemisphere (shown in red), an area essential for language in humans, is larger than that in the right hemisphere (shown in green) in the majority of baboons. Only ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A baby hamadryas baboon was recently born at the San Diego Zoo and can now be viewed by visitors in the Africa Rocks habitat. The male infant baboon is named Defari, which ...

Bob is the youngest of a baboon troop, so he's the group's favorite. But all those cuddles tend to annoy him. On top of that, Bob can't sit still — whenever the troop stops, he takes the opportunity ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Officials at a South Carolina zoo say a baby baboon died after it was attacked by its father within minutes of its birth. Riverbanks Zoo officials said Monday's birth and attack ...

Hamadryas baboons are found in the wild in large numbers in Ethiopia, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, the zoo said. They live in troops of several hundred baboons. Daniella Segura McClatchy News A ...