JONATHAN CHADWICK: Orangutan mothers gradually adjust how much food they share with their offspring to help them learn quicker and become independent, scientists in Germany reveal. The researchers, from Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz, analysed behaviour between orangutan mothers and infants in Sumatra, Indonesia. They claim to have uncovered the first evidence … Continue reading STUDY: Orangutan mothers gradually adjust how much food they share with their offspring to help them become independent