ALTHOUGH simians are widespread and occasionally numerous in South Africa, more especially in those parts which are wooded or mountainous, they belong to only five — or, if one excludes the ...

Johannesburg — It was a normal holiday morning. My family was getting up for the day and my husband had just left for a meeting. I was holding one of my children in my arms and another by the hand ...

The international movement of baboons has become administratively normal, processed through permits and paperwork, while public scrutiny remains focused elsewhere. The most unsettling aspect of the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Ben Walton and the BBC Natural History Unit A juicy bug perhaps, or maybe some fruit from ...

On a sunny afternoon in Cape Town’s seaside village of Simon’s Town, three young chacma baboons cause a commotion, clambering on roofs, jumping between buildings and swinging on the gutters. Enchanted ...

Instead, I turned and was shocked to see Split Lip, the alpha male baboon from the troop that was frequenting Misty Cliffs, a small beachside town on South Africa's far southern Atlantic coast, just ...