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Climate change is leading to premature births in the Brazilian Amazon

1 March 2021

Extreme weather patterns and flooding worsened by climate change are adversely affecting the health of babies born in the Amazon rainforest

Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth

18 May 2018

When female bonobos went into labour, other females gathered around to keep them safe, swatting away flies and even seemingly trying to catch the baby as it emerged

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Climate change is leading to premature births in the Brazilian Amazon

Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth

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