Episode 165: Tracing a Plague of Rabbits

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that a single introduction of wild rabbits triggered their invasion across Australia in the 1800s.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/3588/tracing-a-plague-of-rabbits/'>here</a>.          </p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2122734119'>here</a>.  </p> <p>Read ‘Rabbit’ by Stanley Vestal <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=18079'>here</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:</p> <p>Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p>