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Critically Endangered Parrots Enjoy Baby Boom After Mating Frenzy

Par : John Yoon
There are now 325 kakapos in New Zealand, the largest population of the giant, flightless parrot species in decades, conservationists said.

© Jake Osborne/Department of Conservation — New Zealand, via Agence France-Presse

The efforts to save the kakapo from the brink of extinction began after their numbers dropped to just 51 birds in 1995.
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How Scientists Use Eclipses for Research

It’s a chance not just to study the sun but also space weather, light pollution and even animal behavior.

© Gemma Miralda/Associated Press

The Gran Telescopio Canarias, at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain.
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