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Patrick Wood/University of Auckland. At New Zealand’s Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, an endangered kea parrot named Bruce sits ...

Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” Last month, climate scientist and author Kate Marvel resigned from ...