Researchers won’t be able to observe the changing relationship between these two male chimps, who grew up together in Uganda but now belong to rival troops.
By Elizabeth PennisiScience's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center.When Jane Goodall witnessed a chimpanzee troop split into two bands in 1974, she called the event a “once in a lifetime” opportunity.
Now, a group of chimp researchers fears missing its own once-in-a-lifetime moment because of the coronavirus pandemic. Two years ago, they, too, witnessed a chimp group fission at Kibale National Park in Uganda.
The consequences surprised them: Males of one group recently attacked the other and beat up the females. “I would have never predicted that males that have grown
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