Climate change is driving capuchin monkey mothers to abandon their infants

According to Live Science, climate change is driving capuchin monkey mothers to abandon their infants. Researchers have found that rising temperatures destabilize the social structures that normally support infant survival. As group dynamics break down under environmental stress, mothers are increasingly unable to care for their young—suggesting that climate impacts reach far beyond habitat loss to disrupt the social bonds that hold primate communities together.

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