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, ...

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 ...

Adelaide, Australia: This "convention" of feral rabbits is a common sight in the "Outback" frontier country near Adelaide, South Australia. How does domestication change wild animals? When ...

Rabbits are reappearing in areas where they have not been seen for years, fuelled by recent rainfall and abundant feed. Experts warn Australia's landscapes and farming land are at risk if numbers are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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.