How Two Dozen Rabbits Started an Ecological Invasion in Australia | Smart News
The country’s “most serious pests” can be traced to one shipment from England in 1859, study shows
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The country’s “most serious pests” can be traced to one shipment from England in 1859, study shows
"Population then exploded in what researchers say was ‘the fastest colonisation rate for an introduced mammal ever recorded’".
Researchers have traced the origin of Australia's invasive rabbit population to the birthplace of one Englishman in Baltonsborough, Somerset.
Scientists have used DNA to understand how "one specie" of wild rabbit managed to pull off a giant Austral...