Scientists have battled the damaging feral pest for decades with world-leading efforts, but that is set to change.

The Nullarbor is riddled with wombat burrows. New research shows a way to detect these from space using high-resolution satellite images.

Tony Armstrong and CSIRO scientist Dr Tanja Strive discuss the introduction of rabbits to Australia, why they are classified as an invasive species and the impacts they are having on the environment.

Exploded cans of rotting rabbit meat blanketing a scarred jetty is where the tale of the canned cottontail cuisine culminated for the port of Kingston in South Australia. But despite the local ...

The rabbit slaughter is held up as an example of what happens when humans monkey around with nature. Not only did millions of ...

Australia’s booming wild rabbit population can be traced to 13 English animals that were released on Christmas Day in 1859. Thomas Austin, a settler who owned an estate near Geelong, Victoria, had the ...

Sound suppressors on firearms, improved biological controls and even ferrets are being touted as tools to reduce Tasmania's ...

Invasive species authorities are calling for a coordinated effort between the public, governments and landowners to tackle the widespread and devastating issue of feral rabbits across Australia.

Taking less than 70 years to colonise most of Australia, rabbits are one of the fastest-ever recorded invasions of a mammal anywhere in the world. They've also gone on to become one of our most ...

European rabbits have also travelled the world, being introduced to foreign lands, and have caused mass infestations in Australia and New Zealand, where they have few natural predators.