Plight of the Pelican: How Science Saved a Species by Jessica Stremer

Plight of the Pelican: How Science Saved a Species

Jessica Stremer with Jessica Stremer (Illustrator)

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In the 1950s, the brown pelican went from thriving to barely surviving. The culprit was DDT: a harmful pesticide that seeped into soil, spread in the water, festered in small fish, and ultimately caused the pelican population to plummet. Scientist...

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