In 1952, physician and bacteriologist Paul-Félix Armand-Delille injected two wild European rabbits with myxomatosis virus, a type of pox disease. He owned a large estate in northwestern France ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australia has waged a long and successful war against destructive wild rabbits, but the Albanese government is being accused of ...

Introduced for the sake of sport, the entry of these rabbits to Australia marked the beginning of an ... [+] infestation that would continue to plague the ecosystem over 150 years later.

Christina Biggs, lost species officer for Re:wild, added in the statement: "This search was full of unexpected turns and employed everything from interviews to drones to find this little rabbit.