Flightless, ungainly, and famously bad at sex, the critically endangered kākāpō of New Zealand—the world’s heaviest parrots—are in surprisingly good genetic health after 10,000 years of inbreeding, according to new research.
Flightless, ungainly, and famously bad at sex, the critically endangered kākāpō of New Zealand—the world’s heaviest parrots—are in surprisingly good genetic health after 10,000 years of inbreeding, according to new research.