Scientists are asking people to collect dead rabbits to help research whether biological tools are still effective in ...

Nearly seventy years after myxomatosis decimated the rabbit populations of Australia, Britain and France, a new study reveals how the species has evolved genetic resistance to the disease through ...

Myxomatosis caused the death of a large number of hares in Spain in the summer A conservation biologist has warned that hares are "in crisis" and claims the number dying from a myxomatosis-like ...

Researchers are studying how two biological tools used to control rabbits have evolved decades after their release in Australia. Landholders are reporting increasing rabbit numbers amid concerns ...

Dr Diana Bell said myxomatosis and haemorrhagic diseases were possible causes and is asking people to report sightings of the dead animals. She said losing a large number of hares would be ...