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Baboon
Papio
Species: Papio hamadryas
Photo: Alan H. Shoemaker
NEWS
Recent news links for Papio
- Never get in to a fight with a baboon (Royal Gazette; May 20, 2013)
- Scientists identify 4 genes in baboons that influence levels of bad cholesterol (News-Medical; May 17, 2013)
- Monkey Math: Baboons Show Brain's Ability to Understand Numbers (ScienceDaily; May 3, 2013)
- Secret to Olive Baboon Survival in a Barren Desert (National Geographic; April 9, 2013)
- 'Outcast' baboons re-homed by Yorkshire Wildlife Park (BBC News; April 2, 2013)
- Monkey business linked to lack of water (Independent Online; March 20, 2013)
- Schistosomiasis - Lake Tanganyika - Disease in Humans and Baboons (Tanzania Daily News; February 17, 2013)
- First heart transplant patient delivers after IVF treatment (Punch; February 3, 2013)
- Promiscuous baboons benefit from father's care (Physorg; January 29, 2013)
- Embryonic Stem Cells Make Damaged Artery Functional Again (DailyTech; January 13, 2013)
- Aileen goes wild for her baboon project (Irish Examiner; January 8, 2013)
- Baboon at Zoo Cares for Stray Kitten (ABC News; November 8, 2012)
- Showdown over baboons (Independent Online; November 12, 2012)
- Baboon Personalities Connected to Social Success and Health Benefits (ScienceDaily; October 1, 2012)
- Foraging Baboons Are Picky Punters: Baboon Foraging Choices Depend On Their Habitat and Social Status (ScienceDaily; September 13, 2012)
- Primates of Kibale Forest (Scientific American; September 8, 2012)
- New team for baboon management (Cape Times; July 31, 2012)
- Rita Miljo, founder of sanctuary for rescued baboons, dies at 81 (Pioneer Press; July 29, 2012)
- Expert: Cape Town baboons 'out of control' (Seattle Times; July 24, 2012)
- Reconstructing the Diet of African Hominid Australopithecus Anamensis (ScienceDaily; July 17, 2012)
- Line blurs between man, animal: Monkeys do math, baboons seem to read, orangutans plan ahead (Washington Post; June 24, 2012)
- What was he thinking? Study turns to ape intellect (Associated Press; June 25, 2012)
- Cape's baboon spat rages on (Independent Online; June 21, 2012)
- Why Homo erectus Lived Like a Baboon (Smithsonian; June 20, 2012)
- Neighbourhood watch to tackle baboon burglaries (Telegraph; June 8, 2012)
- Baboons get shock measure (Independent Online; May 30, 2012)
- What Baboons Can Teach Us About Social Status (ScienceDaily; May 21, 2012)
- Joburg baboon is dangerous (Independent Online; April 18, 2012)
- Baboons wreak havoc at Zimbabwe border post (AFP; January 31, 2012)
- The origins of bullying (Scientific American; December 15, 2012)
- Robert Sapolsky on Stress: An Interview (BoingBoing; November 23, 2011)
- Baboons: The Unexpected Matchmakers (Audubon Magazine; October 3, 2011)
- Are Alpha Males Healthy? (Wall Street Journal; September 13, 2011)
- A Young Scientist, Waiting for the Baboons to Do Something (New York Times; August 28, 2011)
- Alpha-Baboon Benefits Come at Stressful Cost (Wired; July 15, 2011)
- Baboon bosses get stressed for success (ScienceNews; July 14, 2011)
- Captured baboon belongs to Great Adventure safari, park officials say (New Jersey Star Ledger; July 2, 2011)
- FSC to continue allowing baboon killing on sustainably-certified plantations (Mongabay; June 23, 2011)
- Study suggests link between impaired prenatal diet, diabetes (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel; June 27, 2011)
- Diabetes can get head start in womb (San Antonio Express-News; June 13, 2011)
- Baboon adopts Galago (China Daily; June 11, 2011)
- Female baboons are victims of domestic abuse (NewScientist; March 23, 2011)
- Baboon cells used to grow arteries (UPI; February 14, 2011)
- Artificial blood vessels keep in fridge until heart op (BBC News; February 3, 2011)
- Baboons make sweet discovery in South Africa (Associated Press; January 13, 2011)
- Zambia: Play and Curiosity in Kinda Baboons (Lusaka Times; November 28, 2010)
- Placenta Structure and Gestation Linked (New York Times; November 22, 2010)
- Baboon saved from Bolivia circus comes to Berkshire (BBC News; September 14, 2010)
- Cape Town to go to court for funds to control baboons (AFP; August 26, 2010)
- The criminal baboons terrorising South Africa (BBC News; August 24, 2010)
- Under Pressure: The Search for a Stress Vaccine (Wired; July 28, 2010)
- Baboons listen for car alarms (Times Live; July 21, 2010)
- Female Baboons Find a Secret to Longevity: Close Girlfriends (Discover; July 2, 2010)
- Rogue baboon executed after terrorising South African residents (Telegraph; July 7, 2010)
- Identification of baboon microRNAs expressed in liver and lymphocytes (7th Space; July 1, 2010)
- Playing mom to baby baboons in South Africa (CNN; June 8, 2010)
- Caretaker attacked by escaped baboons at research facility (KENS, San Antonio, Texas; May 10, 2010)
- Detective mice help scientists study baboons (MSNBC; May 4, 2010)
- S.Africa's baboon car-jackers (Strait Times; May 4, 2010)
- Baboon mummy analysis reveals Eritrea and Ethiopia as location of land of Punt (The Independent; April 26, 2010)
- South Africans battle baboons in city streets (CNN; April 26, 2010)
- So, how do you get a blood sample from a baboon? (Plain Dealer; April 7, 2010)
- Newborn Baboon Killed By Its Father (Associated Press; April 5, 2010)
- Holy Baboon! And An Amazing 'Mystical' Moment (NPR; December 22, 2009)
- When two baboon troops go to war (BBC; December 8, 2009)
- Anthrax research stopped over euthanasia (UPI; November 30, 2009)
- Brazen Baboons: Flighty Females Disrupt Group Harmony (PR.com; October 28, 2009)
- Surgeon Bailey reflects 25 years after 'Baby Fae' (Adventist News Network; October 21, 2009)
- In Kenya, Better Cows for Better Health (Scienceline; October 19, 2009)
- 'Scots' opera gets Botswana treatment (BBC News; October 4, 2009)
- Primate center celebrates 10 years (San Antonio Express-News; October 2, 2009)
- Uproar over baboon sjamboks (Independent Online; September 13, 2009)
- The story of the development of noninvasive heart care (EurekAlert; September 14, 2009)
- Jaycee's Abductor: What Makes a Monster (Live Science; September 1, 2009)
- Baboons steal underwear from rooftop luggage (Telegraph; July 20, 2009)
- Previously Unseen Effects Of Protein Buildup In Diabetic Baboons' Pancreases Found (ScienceDaily; July 20, 2009)
- Botswana: the link between baboons and humans (Africa Today; June 30, 2009)
- On Malaria Struggle, Baboons And Humans Have Similar Stories To Tell (ScienceDaily; June 24, 2009)
- Cambridge life sciences team take part in a new animal adventure series (Cambridge Network; June 19, 2009)
- Female baboons exploit chaperones (BBC News; June 16, 2009)
- Stanford neuroscientist explores what is, and is not, unique about humans (Stanford News Service; June 13, 2009)
- Close social ties make baboons better mothers, study finds (UCLA Newsroom; June 9, 2009)
- Baboon baby boom at animal park (BBC News; May 18, 2009)
- Rockefeller University names Robert Sapolsky 2008 Lewis Thomas Prize winner (Rockefeller University Newswire; May 18, 2009)
- Researcher who changed the way we think about what we drink (WA Today; April 23, 2009)
- South Africa tries to halt baboon break-ins (Associated Press; March 23, 2009)
- Baboons have tactical sex cycle (Science Alert; March 4, 2009)
- Execretion analysis aids primate social studies (Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News; February 15, 2009)
- Researchers say animals plan for the future (Associated Press; February 12, 2009)
- 2 baboons freeze to death at N.B. zoo (Vancouver Sun; December 24, 2008)
- Red hot (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle; December 23, 2008)
- Learning to Speak Baboon (Washington Post; October 19, 2008)
- Baboons run amok across Cape Town (Independent Online; October 8, 2008)
- Cape baboons cause chaos, again (Independent Online; October 3, 2008)
- Of baboons and humans... (Independent Online; September 22, 2008)
- Killer stress is subject of TV special (Stanford Report; September 10, 2008)
- Saving the Cape Baboon (Servamus; August 29, 2008)
- Experts: It's not cruel to collar baboons (Independent Online; August 19, 2008)
- Roaming baboons leave trail of chaos (Independent Online; July 8, 2008)
- Baboons, beards and Sapolsky (Stanford Daily; May 27, 2008)
- Monkeys show off their social skills (Oroville Mercury-Register; May 25, 2008)
- Has Science Found a Way to End All Wars? (Discover; April 2008)
- Baboons, elephants destroying crops (UPI; February 22, 2008)
- Political animals (yes, animals) (International Herald Tribune; January 22, 2008)
- Fathers are important in baboon society (Telegraph; February 4, 2008)
- Helpful baboon dads boost offsprings' success (New Scientist; February 4, 2008)
- Monkey trouble for expat pair in Qatar (Gulf Times; December 27, 2007)
- Baboon attacks girl at reserve (Independent Online; December 19, 2007)
- Columbia County Fair Monkey Business (WJBF-TV, Augusta, Georgia; November 8, 2007)
- How Baboons Think (Yes, Think) (New York Times; October 9, 2007)
- Rampant and sexist, brazen baboons swing into town (Times Online; September 22, 2007)
- GW anthro students monkey around (GW Hatchet; September 10, 2007)
- Study Sheds Light On Role Of Vitamin E In Heart Disease Prevention (Medical News Today; September 11, 2007)
- Social Components of Fitness in Primate Groups (Science; September 7, 2007)
- The Social Origin of Mind (Science; September 7, 2007)
- Baboons on rampage in Jiffin (Daily Observer; August 13, 2007)
- Primates on the 'pill' (New Scientist; July 19, 2007)
- SPCA to probe killing of David the baboon (Independent Online; June 12, 2007)
- What do baboons do with their time? (Independent Online; May 7, 2007)
- Making a difference in fight against HIV (University at Buffalo Reporter; April 19, 2007)
- Baboon finds rehab females 'quite sexy' (IOL South Africa; April 10, 2007)
- Busitema baboons raid taxis, gardens (Sunday Vision, Uganda; April 7, 2007)
- How one leopard changed its spots ... and saved a baby baboon (Daily Mail; December 14, 2006)
- Baboon attacks UK tourist (News 24; October 25, 2006)
- Dynavax's Universal Flu Vaccine Improves Response of Standard Flu Vaccines (PR Newswire; October 19, 2006)
- Jeff Getty, 49, AIDS Activist Who Received Baboon Cells, Is Dead (New York Times; October 16, 2006)
- The genetics of fat baboons (San Antonio Express-News; October 11, 2006)
- New sanctuary for rescued baboons (BBC News; October 10, 2006)
- Poisoned crusader returns to her troop (Independent Online; October 7, 2006)
- Wisconsin Book Festival 2006: Robert Sapolsky speaks (Isthmus, Madison, WI; September 28, 2006)
- Alpha males can make and break a business (Times Online; September 3, 2006)
- Banned poison led to deaths of baboons (Independent Online; August 23, 2006)
- Baboons shot for eating trees (Hermanus Times; June 29, 2006)
- Wily baboon holes up in Cape Town suburb (Independent Online; June 26, 2006)
- Scientists Pinpoint Baboon Stress (Discovery News; June 19, 2006)
- Cape baboons again come under attack (Independent Online, South Africa; May 17, 2006)
- Welsh welcome for rescued baboon (BBC News; March 28, 2006)
- Baboons - to cull or conserve? (Hermanus Times; February 16, 2006)
- Brutal baboon attacks raise concern (Independent Online, South Africa; February 12, 2006)
- 'My family was at the mercy of the baboons' (Independent Online, South Africa; February 7, 2006)
- Boy 'may have been caught in baboon fight' (Independent Online, South Africa; February 6, 2006)
- 'Ageing' report aims to convince sceptics (Financial Times; February 3, 2006)
- 'Queen of Mean' Turns Nice When Daughter Dies (Live Science; January 31, 2006)
- Baboon monitors are back on the job (Independent Online, South Africa; January 14, 2006)
- Baboon monitors lose their jobs (Cape Times, South Africa; January 10, 2006)
- R3.5 M to scare baboons (Hermanus Times; November 10, 2005)
- Hair-raising surprise for baboon (BBC News; October 12, 2005)
- Monkey house needed for baboons (BBC News; October 11, 2005)
- Baboons help in fight against osteoporosis (KVUE, Austin, Texas; September 29, 2005)
- CapeNature sleuths track baboon killers (Independent Online, South Africa; October 3, 2005)
- Brazen baboons have been mugging shoppers (Independent Online, South Africa; September 5, 2005)
CONSERVATION
Conservation News for Papio
- Stop baboon killings, urge conservationists (Independent Online; September 5, 2012)
- Women group earns from cultural tourism (Daily Nation; August 27, 2012)
- The life of a baboon (Independent Online; May 31, 2011)
- Personal Journey: A wild life among S. African baboons (Philadelphia Inquirer; April 25, 2010)
- New contract for baboon monitors (Independent Online; January 27, 2010)
- 'I live with killer baboons' (The Sun; April 21, 2009)
- Monkey business (Northern Echo; April 21, 2009)
- Baboon extinction 'would affect fynbos' (Independent Online; August 22, 2006)
- Rehabilitated baboons released (Citizen, South Africa; June 20, 2006)
- Take a walk on the mild side with baboons (Independent Online, South Africa; February 27, 2006)
- State comes to aid of baboon monitors (Independent Online, South Africa; November 4, 2004)
- Farmers want baboon on the menu (BBC News; May 20, 1999)
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