Natural selection has shaped the ways in which babies grow in different species, including the rate or speed with which they develop. A new study by Canadian researchers suggests that some baby ...

Some baby monkeys develop faster than others because of the threat of infanticide – being killed by an adult male that isn't the baby's father, scientists have said. A study, published in Animal ...

Colobus babies are born pure white and their coat color changes to grey after a few weeks before turning black-and-white between two and five months. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

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Some baby monkeys develop faster than others in the same population, and this is best explained by the threat of infanticide they face from adult males, says a study. “Infanticide occurs in many ...

Infant ursine colobus monkeys are born with perfectly white coats, and as they mature, transition into the primarily black fur of adults. Iulia Badescu, a PhD student in Evolutionary Anthropology at ...