How two dozen rabbits released in 1859 triggered one of history's fastest mammal invasions — and the biology behind Australia's unstoppable rabbit boom.

When European rabbits arrived in Australia in the 19th century, they were brought in as familiar game animals for hunting rather than as a threat to the environment. Within decades, however, their ...

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 ...

Six kilometres south of Norfolk Island lies a striking volcanic island with red cliffs, where one of the Pacific's most ...

Very effective against rabbits, this highly contagious pathogen can further spread quickly to other countries via mosquitoes. Two years later, it arrived in New Zealand, likewise also laboring under a ...