Australia’s once-successful biocontrol agents for rabbits are losing their edge. As destructive populations of feral bunnies ...

Exclusive: Australia faces 10 years of rabbit plagues due to the “dumb” decision not to fund a new virus to control numbers ...

Australia’s most destructive invasive species is staging a dramatic comeback as funding for biological control research and development stalls.

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 ...

CNN — 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 ...

Scientists are researching whether two biological tools used to control Australia's rabbit populations are still working, amid concerns the calicivirus and myxomatosis disease are losing their potency ...

The head of the Invasive Species Council has warned exploding rabbit populations in Western Australia will continue to surge until governments slash the red tape restricting control development.

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 ...