The situation is ironic. A troubled species rebounds thanks to restoration efforts, only to make things worse for others in peril by preying on them or outcompeting them for food and living space.
In a forest near Lake Michigan, two scientists attached a backpack tracking device to a merlin they'd lured into a net. The mission: help prevent the predatory species from gobbling up piping plovers highly endangered shorebirds that nest nearby.
In a forest near Lake Michigan, two scientists attached a backpack tracking device to a merlin they d lured into a net. The mission: help prevent the predatory bird species from gobbling up piping plovers highly endangered shorebirds that nest nearby.
GLEN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — In a forest near Lake Michigan, two scientists attached a backpack tracking device to a merlin they’d lured into a net. The mission: help prevent