In an innovative approach to manage invasive rabbit populations, Australian scientists introduced the myxoma virus. Initial trials on Wardang Island examined the virus's ability to spread naturally. A ...
Thomas Austin only wanted rabbits to hunt on his Australian estate but, within decades, their descendants had spread across most of a continent.
How two dozen rabbits released in 1859 triggered one of history's fastest mammal invasions — and the biology behind Australia's unstoppable rabbit boom.
What seemed like an innocent Christmas gift of 24 English rabbits in 1859 would go on to become Australia's "most devastating biological invasion," according to a new study by the Proceedings of the ...
When European rabbits arrived in Australia in the 19th century, they were brought in as familiar game animals for hunting rather than as a threat to the environment. Within decades, however, their ...
Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, is calling on rural and regional Australians to join in the longest-running citizen science survey of rabbit diseases in the world, to help keep the ...
Across the vast Australian continent, feral pigs, feral deer and European rabbits roam in their millions. By different names—wild boar, venison, and lapin—these could all be served in a Michelin-star ...
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