They arrived as a Christmas present from England. A genetic study has now traced most of the country's rabbits back to that ...

Good rainfall and growing resistance to viruses are to blame for growing populations around the country, scientists say ...

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 ...

With their outsized ears and fluffy fur, rabbits are often seen as cute and harmless. Yet the creature is behind one of the globe's most harmful biological invasions, ravaging Australia, whose efforts ...

Adelaide, Australia: This "convention" of feral rabbits is a common sight in the "Outback" frontier country near Adelaide, South Australia. How does domestication change wild animals? When ...

But the rabbit has resisted and its numbers have progressed. In 1901, Australia decided to construct an 1,800 kilometer-long (1,118 miles) barrier in a bid to stop the furry creatures proliferating to ...

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 ...

European rabbits are making themselves right at home on the continent of Australia. Although they’re not native to the region, they spread like wildfire when they were introduced, tantamount to an ...

The study of burial practices in Bronze Age Serbia indicates that children’s funerary treatment varied by biological sex, ...

Rabbits were the victims of the deadliest epidemic in recent history — a germ warfare attack, really — with a virus that killed off more than 99% of the 100 million rabbits inhabiting Australia in ...