Did you know Australia has a rabbit problem? It’s estimated somewhere around 200 million wild rabbits are hopping around Australia, and they’re causing a lot of damage. Their huge numbers and large ...

If Australia thought that might have been a price worth paying, there would soon be disabused. The stoat, introduced as a predator to the rabbit left deprived as the population dropped, fell back on ...

Paris (AFP) – With their outsized ears and fluffy fur, rabbits are often seen as cute and harmless. Yet the creature is behind one of the globe's most harmful biological invasions, ravaging Australia, ...

One Englishman really is to blame for Australia's uncontrollable rabbit infestation, a new study shows. Thomas Austin, an English settler in Australia, introduced 24 rabbits to his estate just outside ...

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 ...

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TO-DAY every country is shy of introducing any mammal or bird which is not already a permanent resident, recognising that it may introduce a fresh element upsetting the balance of Nature of its land.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract 1. The European rabbit flea Spilopsyllus cuniculi (Dale) bred successfully in wild rabbits on three properties in New South Wales and, within ...

A cute companion, a pest and a free lawnmower — that is usually how a domestic rabbit is described. Now 'athlete' can be added to that list, because rabbit owners are training up their furry friends ...