A Mother's Drink

A rhesus macaque mother leans to the water's edge to drink, her wide-eyed infant clinging to her back, the whole scene mirrored in the still, amber-lit pool. Tender and perfectly balanced — motherhood in the wild. Fun fact: The rhesus macaque gave science the "Rhesus factor" (the + or – in your blood type), and in 1948 was the first primate launched into space — this humble monkey has quietly shaped human medicine.