There are six different species of baboons. Scientists have found that certain species of baboons are more aggressive than others. However, when push comes to shove, every species of baboon can be ...

BERLIN (AP) — A zoo in the German city of Nurember g said it killed 12 baboons on Tuesday despite protests, capping a saga rooted in concerns that the zoo had too little space to house a growing group ...

Baboons are remarkable animals. While they often are written off as unintelligent violently aggressive creatures and bear the brunt of uninformed slurs, nothing could be further from the truth about ...

NUREMBERG, Germany (WKRC) - In a move that animal rights groups called "irresponsible and unsustainable," a zoo euthanized 12 healthy baboons in its care due to overcrowding issues. According to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Protestors in front of the zoo in Nuremberg, Germany (Daniel Loeb/dpa via AP) A zoo has said it killed 12 baboons on Tuesday ...

Sleep study on a troop of wild baboons reveals that sacrificing sleep to meet pressing demands is common -- and might even be part of our evolutionary history. The first study ever to examine sleeping ...

A study recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports a surprising finding: Jumping spiders twitch during sleep in a way that resembles what cats, dogs, and other ...

An animal rights group submitted a petition with 40,000 signatures to the Eastern Virginia Medical School Board of Visitors on Tuesday demanding the school stop using baboons for experiments aimed at ...