Shy rodents may be better at surviving eradications, but do they pass those traits to their offspring?
- Written by Kyla Johnstone, PhD candidate, University of Sydney
ShutterstockRodents such as house mice (Mus musculus) aren’t just pests at home, they can cause serious damage to native ecosystems.
Lord Howe Island, for example, harboured up to 150,000 introduced rats and 210,000 introduced mice that wrought havoc on the island’s native wildlife, before an intensive eradication effort was carried...





