Australia’s once-successful biocontrol agents for rabbits are losing their edge. As destructive populations of feral bunnies bounce back, scientists and land managers are racing to respond, aware that ...

The lack of planning and funding means Australia has been left in the lurch as the two viruses used to keep rabbit numbers down, myxamotis and the rabbit calicivirus, have stopped working. Meanwhile ...

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 ...

Australia is home to roughly 200 million rabbits, which are not native to the country and damage crops and ecosystems. Bettmann / Getty Images In Australia today, European wild rabbits eat through ...

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 ...

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 ...