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In this image, an infant baboon in Amboseli, Kenya, reaches toward an older juvenile who is feeding. After the plains of southern Kenya experienced a severe drought in 2009 that took a terrible toll on wildlife, researchers looked at how 50 wild baboons coped with the drought, and whether the conditions they faced in infancy played a role.
Most baboons made it, but the drought left them underweight and many females stopped ovulating. During the 2009 drought, baboons born during low rainfall years were 60 percent less likely to become pregnant, whereas pregnancy rates dipped by only 10 percent for females born during normal rainfall years.Image credit: Susan Alberts
