Representative Image (AI-generated) What do rabbits have to do with saving a rare seabird? On a…
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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Nile perch were introduced into Lake Victoria to improve fisheries; decades later the predator was linked to the loss of many native cichlids and transformation of the lake’s fishery
Nile PerchPhoto: Wikipedia In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Nile perch were introduced into Lake…
In the 1850s, pigs brought to Santa Cruz Island became feral; golden eagles drawn by piglets helped drive foxes down 95%, then 5,036 pigs were removed as foxes rebounded to 1,300+
An ambitious conservation project off the coast of California has helped save the endangered Santa Cruz…
In 2016, New Zealand targeted an estimated 200,000 mice on Antipodes Island; two years later they were declared gone, and subsequent surveys found two native bird populations had more than doubled
The team used helicopters to spread cereal bait containing the rodent toxin brodifacoum (Picture: Mouse…