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Puerto Rico Moves Forward: Macaque Monkeys Adapt After Hurricane Maria

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Over 1,800 rhesus macaques, imported from Asia in the 1930s, live on Puerto Rico's tiny island of Cayo Santiago. Most of the monkeys survived Hurricane Maria, but researchers wonder if their behavior and cognition changed after the storm. Watch "Rise of the Superstorms," streaming online now at: https://to.pbs.org/2KcJaOh NOVA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOVAonline NOVA on Twitter: @novapbs NOVA on Instagram: @novapbs PRODUCTION CREDITS Digital Producer Ari Daniel Director of Photography Mike Rivera Production Assistance Ana Aceves Allison Eck Fatima Husain Aparna Nathan Editorial Review Julia Cort © WGBH Educational Foundation 2018 MEDIA CREDITS Music APM Visuals Alyssa Arre Liesl Clark Google Earth POND5 Shutterstock

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