News articles tagged with 'rabbit'
Rabbits on the back foot - but naturally they're fighting back
— 7 May 2009 11:16 | BiologyAustralian rabbits have had everything but the kitchen sink thrown at them over the years. Myxomatosis knocked them about but they bounced back. The same with rabbit haemorrhagic disease…
While the cat's away: How removing an invasive species devastated a World Heritage island
— 12 Jan 2009 21:50 | EnvironmentRemoving an invasive species from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, a World Heritage Site, has caused environmental devastation that will cost more than A$24 million to remedy, ecologists…
Mammalian neurogenesis breaks into the most static brain region
— 5 Jun 2008 20:27 | BiologyFifteen years ago, the discovery of adult neurogenesis (the production of new neurones) in the highly static, non-renewable mammalian brain was a breakthrough in neuroscience. Most…
53 million-year-old fossil rabbit found
— 20 Mar 2008 15:41 | Geology and palaeontologyOne day last spring, fossil hunter and anatomy professor Kenneth Rose, Ph.D. was displaying the bones of a jackrabbit's foot as part of a seminar at the Johns Hopkins University School…
Hareless: Yellowstone's rabbits have vanished
— 15 Feb 2008 19:57 | EnvironmentA new study by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society found that jack rabbits living in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have apparently hopped into oblivion. The study,…
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