Lehua Island, a 284-acre seabird sanctuary off the northern shore of Niʻihau, faced a conservation problem that had no simple solution. Invasive Pacific rats had established themselves on the island, ...
An introduced black rat scratches through leaf litter, looking for food. Nearby, a native water rat watches on, its beady eyes shining. The native rat pounces out from the shadows, sending the invader ...
On Bikar Atoll and Jemo Islet of the Marshall Islands, seabirds are returning, forests are regrowing and coral reefs are recovering. And it all stems from the removal of a single invasive pest: rats.