# Chilean rodent population collapse reveals how extreme drought can overwhelm wildlife's resilience

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- Published: 2026-11-05T19:40:01+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-11-chilean-rodent-population-collapse-reveals.html
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Research published in the journal Ecology analyzed 12 years of records from a population of degus in central Chile, revealing that these endemic rodents managed to withstand nearly a decade of megadrought but disappeared locally following the extreme drought of 2019.

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