Rabbits were first introduced to mainland Australia when five domestic animals were brought to Sydney on the First Fleet in 1788. At least 90 subsequent importations would be made before 1859 but none ...
CNN — 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 lament echoes generations of Australian landholders since 1860, but has nothing to do with shotguns, vast tracks of denuded pastures, myxomatosis or Akubra hats. And the realisation that an opera ...
Discover world-changing science. Explore our digital archive back to 1845, including articles by more than 150 Nobel Prize winners.
THERE is a plague of rabbits in contemporary English poetry. It is a recent development, and, unless something is done to check it, it threatens to upset the proper balance of wild life in that ...
New study proves that single introduction of 24 animals shipped from England in 1859 caused the infamous invasion and argues that wild genetic traits gave these rabbits a devastating advantage over ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results