Authorities are sounding the alarm as escaped pet rabbits fuel a feral population boom - with one state now enforcing an ...
WA landowners say rabbit populations are booming and the pests are wreaking havoc with crops. The Invasive Species Council ...
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 ...
European rabbits are making themselves right at home on the continent of Australia. Although they’re not native to the region, they spread like wildfire when they were introduced, tantamount to an ...
But the rabbit has resisted and its numbers have progressed. In 1901, Australia decided to construct an 1,800 kilometre-long barrier in a bid to stop the furry creatures proliferating to the country's ...
Rabbits were the victims of the deadliest epidemic in recent history — a germ warfare attack, really — with a virus that killed off more than 99% of the 100 million rabbits inhabiting Australia in ...
CANBERRA, Aug 11 (Reuters Life) - With rabbit numbers on the rise across Australia, conservationists are seeking to educate a new generation about the dangers posed by one of the country's worst pests ...
In his 1973 book The Trouble With Tribbles: The Birth, Sale, and Final Production of One Episode, Star Trek: The Original Series writer David Gerrold tells how a silly story about a species of small, ...
The estimated 200 million rabbits in Australia and the damage they cause by overgrazing has caused the country’s agricultural industry to lose about $115 million annually. Photo provided For almost ...