El Yunque National Forest has more than 1,000 species of plants, 164 species of animals, and some of its oldest trees have been around for over 1,000 years. For the first time scientists have captured all of the data, scientific students and curiosities about this tropical rainforest in the new Atlas of El Yunque National Forest.

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A group of experts began observing the effects of global warming in the humid and tropical system of El Yunque. Dr. Tana Wood and her team will evaluate how ecosystems like El Yunque will repond to increasing temperatures through the resarch project TRACE.

For more information, updates and progress of the project please visit the webpage: forestwarming.org.

María M. Rivera and her team at the Dasonomy Institute have been studying microarthropods in El Yunque for 14 years.

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Carmen Guerrero Pérez, secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, Cynthia K. Dohner, the director of the Southeast region of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Liz Agpaoa, forester for the Southeast region of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, announced that two Puerto Rican parrots were hatched in a natural nest in the wild outside of El Yunque, a milestone in 144 years.

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