A chimpanzee mother may continue carrying her infant long after it has died. She may groom its body, hold it close and travel with it as she would when it was alive. In some documented cases, this behaviour has continued for months. Why would a mother continue caring for an …
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid struck the region now known as Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, triggering one of the most devastating mass extinctions in Earth’s history. Non-avian dinosaurs disappeared, along with numerous marine reptiles and other organisms. Yet crocodiles, turtles, mammals, birds and several other animal groups survived. Why did …
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