Stressed bird moms Stress may have its upside for parents. More hungry babies meant more stress hormones but also more fledglings for mother tree swallows, an international team reports online June 1 in Biology Letters. Overworked moms put more effort into parenting and raised more chicks successfully than small-brood moms did.
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