Parental Care in the Animal Kingdom

Parental care in the animal kingdom takes a variety of forms. Who are the gold star parents and who never even sees their kids? Do animals babysit? And do quakkas really throw their babies?  Resources for this episode: Parental Care - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics Patterns of parental care in vertebrates Humans aren’t the only ones that help out their adult kids — here’s why animals do it too | One Thing They Aren't: Maternal - The New York Times Why Some Animals Forgo Reproduction in Complex Societies | American Scientist Fact or Fiction?: Birds (and Other Critters) Abandon Their Young at the Slightest Human Touch - Scientific American Seven Super Mums of the animal kingdom | Pursuit by The University of Melbourne Professor Allen J. Moore - Uncovering The Evolutionary Origins Of Parental Care • scientia.global Meet the Alloparents | Natural History Magazine Parenting in Animals - PMC