Hunting For The Wild And Feral Pigs Ravaging Argentina & South America

2023-09-19 05:57 AM by Jessica Irvine

Wild boar in San Luis province, Argentina (2018) Pablo Rodriguez Merkel/Proyecto ENEEI Wild pigs (including wild boar and feral domestic pigs) are invading protected natural areas across Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. Due to their ability to out-compete native species for food, change landscapes and carry disease, wild pigs now threaten hundreds of …

Australia’s Bandicoots: A Remarkable Tale of Survival | Science

2023-06-23 07:59 PM by Jessica Irvine

Upon arriving in Australia, the British colonists were not particularly impressed with the small and slender marsupials known as bandicoots. In 1805, one naturalist described them as having an excessively long muzzle, giving them an air of stupidity. They even nicknamed one type the “zebra rat” due to its black-striped rump. Despite their appearance, the …