Australian researchers discover new native rodent species
Australia can lay claim to two new species of native rodent thanks to a study from The Australian National University (ANU).
Australia can lay claim to two new species of native rodent thanks to a study from The Australian National University (ANU).
Plants & Animals
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O'ahu, Hawaii, is an island rife with lush nature, expansive ocean views and, increasingly, invasive rodents. House mice, black rats and Pacific rats all have contributed to ecological destruction in Oʻahu's forests, and ...
Plants & Animals
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Rats have a somewhat unfortunate tendency to enjoy living where people live. That's how a biologist tried to explain people's hatred for the rodents in a television news feature about rats gnawing electrical cables in parked ...
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Ecology
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Plants & Animals
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Evolution
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Archaeology
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