In the last 200 years, Australia has lost 31 known species, the most of any country in the world, MSN reports. One of the latest to face the threat of extinction is the adorable bilby. The Bilby is a small defenseless animal, easy prey for invasive predators and classified as Vulnerable by the Australian Wildlife […]
Tag: European Rabbit
From 300,000 rabbits to none: a Southern Ocean island is reborn
On a world map, Macquarie Island is a speck in the Southern Ocean, but for ecologists it is a beacon, illuminating a future for grand-scale environmental recovery projects. Melissa Houghton first set foot on the 34km-long green streak as a dog handler in late 2011. Rabbits, cats, rats and mice had been introduced by sealers […]
POLL: Should invasive animal species, which have cost UK economy more than £5bn over past 50 years, be culled?
Alien invaders in the shape of animals and plants have cost the UK more than £5billion over the past 50 years, researchers estimate. The grey squirrel, European rabbit and Japanese knotweed are among the newcomers placing a financial strain on the economy. And they warn that the cost ‑ one of the highest in Europe […]
Conservation actions see Iberian lynx claw back from brink of extinction
It’s midday in summer, the mercury climbing above 40° Celsius (104° Fahrenheit), and nature guide Nuno Roxo is leading us on a hike in Guadiana Valley National Park in Portugal. The high grass and herbs, battered by the strong sun, have not seen any rain for several months. We continue down a narrow trail, used […]
Correction: Veterinarians Send Warnings about Ebola-Like Disease Fatal to Rabbits Which CANNOT be Transmitted to People
The title of this post published on 28 July 2020 was misleading and is hereby corrected. This disease was deliberately introduced into New Zealand, but cannot be transmitted to people. Veterinarians are warning rabbit owners about an emerging virus in the United States. The fatal virus causes an ebola-like disease called rabbit hemorrhagic disease has […]
Warning Siren
Obscured by the horde, listening for a warning siren, hungering for the unreachable space. European rabbit | Oryctolagus cuniculus