Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about the world of biology. Introduced for the sake of sport, the entry of these rabbits to Australia marked the beginning of an ..

Two baby wild European rabbits sit outside their burrow at a rabbit warren in the UK. Image by paulmaguire via Depositphotos. The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), while seemingly harmless, has ...

For the briefest moment earlier this year, the Eurasian lynx — extinct in the U.K. for thousands of years — returned to the ...

Originally brought to North America by European settlers, these rabbits have escaped domestication and adapted to the wild, leading to significant ecological and economic challenges. Understanding the ...

Saanich is calling on the province to deal with its growing feral rabbit problem as residents in the region start to see a ...

Saanich is calling on the province to deal with its growing feral rabbit problem as residents in the region start to see a ...

Previously, researchers assumed that wild rabbits ate calcium-rich foods like leafy greens to maintain their growth, but now, ...

Rabbits' teeth grow continuously, and bunnies wear them down by munching fiber-rich foods. Scientists suggest rabbits recycle ...

It also has a denser, bushy tail with a black tip. The European wild cat is an obligate carnivore, eating lagomorphs such as rabbits, as well as mice, rats, voles and other small rodents. It also ...

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 ...