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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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Arabian Sea Bird and Turtle Habitat Threatened by Oil From Grounded Tanker

The spill of Russian crude bound for India compounds the environmental damage from spills in and around the Strait of Hormuz, where tankers and oil facilities have come under attack.

© via Reuters

A satellite image showing the damaged vessel Caroline Bezengi and oil slick off coast of Oman, on Aug. 5.
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