Domesticated rabbits arrived in Australia with the first fleet and some became established as feral populations around colonial settlements as early as the 1830s. However, the situation changed ...

Rabbit-killing viruses - first myxoma, then rabbit haemorrhagic disease - have rid many of our landscapes of rabbits and lulled Australians into a false sense of security. Rabbits are now fighting ...

New research shows how two biological control agents have been effective in reducing the numbers of feral rabbits in Australia. Using data from the largest wild rabbit study in the world, scientists ...

Rabbit standing on hind legs near garden. - Tammi Mild/Getty Images There is perhaps nothing more heartbreaking for a gardener than planting an assortment of vegetables only to have them decimated by ...

DISAPPOINTMENT has attended the latest experimental work of the Australian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research on myxomatosis virus as a means of destroying rabbit populations in the field.

In inland Australia, rabbits have taken a severe toll on native wildlife since they were introduced in 1859. They may be small, but today rabbits are a key threat to 322 species of Australia's at-risk ...

We have been getting calls in our office lately about nuisance rabbits. Rabbit populations fluctuate from year to year and during the season, depending on food availability and predator populations.