Rabbits can strip grasslands bare and chew through young woody trees. John Schilling/Flickr, CC BY-NDBy Andrew Bengsen, University of New EnglandOn Christmas Day 1859, the Victoria Acclimatisation Society released 24 rabbits for hunting, to help settlers feel more at home.
AMHERST With last night’s road win over UMass, the Merrimack men’s hockey team moved up to No. 5 in the national Pairwise rankings. It’s December. Merrimack hasn’t had a team ranked this high in the Pairwise, this late into the season, since 2012.
STORRS, Conn. Behind seven goals from seven different players, Merrimack beat UConn 7-3 on Friday night at the XL Center in downtown Hartford to salvage a split in the home-and-home series that began on Tuesday in North Andover. The Warriors fell behind 1-0 early in the first period when