Scientists are trying to save Puerto Rico's endangered Amazon parrots after Hurricane Maria destroyed the birds' habitats and food sources. El Yunque is a large national forest on the eastern part of Puerto Rico. Just two of the 56 wild parrots that once lived there survived Maria. The Category-4 storm struck Puerto Rico in September 2017. Scientists report other forests have seen great drops in parrot populations, as well. In the 1800s, there were more than a million of the bright green parrots living in the wild in Puerto Rico. By the 1970s, the number was down to just 13 birds after years of forest clearing. The U.S. and Puerto Rican governments launched a special program in 1972 to help increase the parrot population. That led to the creation of three breeding centers. Just weeks before Hurricane Maria hit, scientists counted 56 wild parrots at El Yunque.
Title: Scientists Work to Save Puerto Rican Parrots
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2982/748e3ce9-b118-4aa1-8e75-c4bf62c8de46_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Scientists Work to Save Puerto Rican Parrots' data-article-id='3525'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13167'>Scientists are trying to save Puerto Rico's endangered Amazon parrots after Hurricane Maria destroyed the birds' habitats and food sources.</span> <span data-start-time='13167' data-end-time='20167'>El Yunque is a large national forest on the eastern part of Puerto Rico.</span> <span data-start-time='20167' data-end-time='28479'>Just two of the 56 wild parrots that once lived there survived Maria.</span> <span data-start-time='28479' data-end-time='35479'>The Category-4 storm struck Puerto Rico in September 2017.</span> <span data-start-time='35479' data-end-time='43125'>Scientists report other forests have seen great drops in parrot populations, as well.</span> <span data-start-time='43125' data-end-time='52271'>In the 1800s, there were more than a million of the bright green parrots living in the wild in Puerto Rico.</span> <span data-start-time='52271' data-end-time='62063'>By the 1970s, the number was down to just 13 birds after years of forest clearing.</span> <span data-start-time='62063' data-end-time='73271'>The U.S. and Puerto Rican governments launched a special program in 1972 to help increase the parrot population.</span> <span data-start-time='73271' data-end-time='77917'>That led to the creation of three breeding centers.</span> <span data-start-time='77917' data-end-time='86729'>Just weeks before Hurricane Maria hit, scientists counted 56 wild parrots at El Yunque.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2982/46F2FC1F-164D-4C32-B0C7-826A1B4F1C62_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=11986 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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