Rat eradication needed to save seabird colony

Mongabay
By Brittany StewartDec 30, 2014, 2:11 pm117 pts
Although only a nuisance in your home, on an isolated island chain (archipelago) off the northeastern coast of Brazil, rats pose a threat to the red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus). The seabird nests in the remote Abrolhos National Park, but two species of invasive rats prey on its eggs and young: the…

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