Author: Allie Wilkinson / Source: Science News
Fierce and swift, steel blue in color and called the world’s most perfect flying machine, the peregrine falcon is heading toward extinction in North America.
The reason: DDT. Perilously high levels of the pesticide and related chemicals have been found in the eggs, fat and tissues of the birds…….The post 50 years ago, DDT pushed peregrine falcons to the edge of extinction appeared first on FeedBox.