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Extreme drought in El Yunque could help Puerto Rican parrot

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Scientists say that the extreme drought in El Yunque National Rainforest may help the reproduction of the endangered Puerto Rican parrot. The bird, endemic to Puerto Rico, prefers dry conditions for its reproduction.

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Plan to save the Puerto Rican parrot

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Scientists at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez turned to crowdfunding to finance the sequencing of the Puerto Rican parrot's genome.


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