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Olive Baboon Mother With Young

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Olive baboons, like this mother and baby, are one of five baboon species. All live in Africa or Arabia.
Photograph by Michael Nichols

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Photo of the Day: High in the Saddle

Travel to the Zambezi River, where a young baboon gets a lift from its mother to a nearby watering hole.

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Photo of the Day: Along for the Ride

See a photo of a baby baboon clinging to its mother in the mountains of Ethiopia.

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Kings of the Hill?

Find out why girls rule in the world of gelada monkeys in this multimedia feature.

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The Smell of Trouble

Learn about the long odds of survival faced by Borneo's long-nosed proboscis monkeys in this feature.

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