Macaques in Puerto Rico learned to share shade after Hurricane Maria
Monkeys who are social were more likely to survive in the years following the storm
![A photo of several beige-colored macaque monkeys sitting around on rocks.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/080423_eg_social_macaques_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
A group of macaques groom one another beneath scarce shade on Cayo Santiago in May 2018, around eight months after Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico.
Lauren Brent