Humans to Blame for Extinction of Only U.S. Parrot, Study Finds

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By Olivia RosaneDec 16, 2019, 8:42 am93 pts
The Carolina parakeet, the only parrot species native to the U.S., went extinct in 1918 when the last bird died at the Cincinnati Zoo. Now, a little more than 100 years later, researchers have determined that humans were entirely to blame. How? Researchers sequenced the bird's genome and found none of the signs…

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