However, in species where biparental care is required to successfully raise offspring, variance in male reproductive success is generally lower, since males that are engaged in providing parental ...

Helen Jukes, author of Mother Animal, which explores parenting in the natural world, says that there's an "extraordinary diversity" when it comes to raising offspring. “There are single mums and ...

In a study of macaques, researchers find that a pregnant mother’s exposure to environmental stress affected the growth of the ...

Young female black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys often want to hold other females’ infants, but mothers are much more ...

Within these societies, why do some individuals attempt to reproduce, while others delay their own reproductive efforts to help raise the offspring of others? Determining the answers to these and ...