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Rat bones collected from centuries-old shipwrecks tell a story of ecological competition and swift victory.

By their nature, Critically Endangered birds are almost always rare. But which species are the world’s very rarest – and how is BirdLife helping save them?

The species is considered a national treasure by the government of Fiji, and its likeness has been featured on postage stamps and currency

 Australian Wildlife Conservancy In the battle of ‘native wildlife vs introduced invaders’, it’s the native species that are winning at North Head Sanctuary in Sydney where Australia’s small Bush Rats are successfully reclaiming their territory from gangs of invasive Black Rats.  Results from recent wildlife surveys found that the population of Black Rats at North Head has decreased from an estimated 112 in 2019 to 29 in 2020. The decline continued in May 2021, when only eight Black R...

Top 10 Fascinating Facts About Rats Few creatures in the world inspire more dread than the rat. Long a symbol of death and pestilence, they haunt our nightmares and scuttle in our walls, scaly tails dragging behind them. Rats cause billions of dollars in damage every year, spoiling food supplies, chewing through electrical wires, biting babies in their cribs – and yet their benefits to mankind have been simultaneously overwhelming. Read below for further information on some of our creepiest n...

Like most websites we use cookies. If you’re happy with that, just carry on as normal (close this bar) - otherwise click here to find out more. 19 May 2021 The harbour, Berlenga Grande Island By Joana Andrade, Head of Marine Conservation, SPEA/BirdLife Portugal When I first visited the Berlengas, a group of islands off the coast of Portugal, the state of the local biodiversity was alarming, to say the least. Foreign species that had been unintentionally introduced by humans – ...