Inside New Zealand’s High-Tech Plan to Save the Heaviest Parrot in the World

The native kākāpō were nearly driven to extinction through inbreeding and infertility, but genetic sequencing and drones are bringing them back from the brink

Ritoban Mukherjee
Jan 30 · 6 min read
Photo: Andrew Digby/New Zealand Department of Conservation

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