Ecuador has successfully eradicated invasive pigs and goats from most of the Galapagos archipelago. Now it is taking on the rats.
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Nicholls, H. Invasive species: The 18-km2 rat trap. Nature 497, 306–308 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/497306a
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