Father Knows Best?: A Look at Animal Dads

Living on Earth

To celebrate Father’s Day, Steve Curwood speaks with zoologist Donna Fernandes about which fathers in the animal kingdom stay around to nurture their young, and the lengths to which some of them go.

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