In 2018, Australian scientist Jaimie Cleeland spent a year on remote Gough Island; in one week, she watched mice kill 15 albatross chicks
Rest of World News: Australian scientist Jaimie Cleeland documents the alarming impact of house mice on Tristan albatross chicks on Gough Island, revealing potential extinction threats as the tiny rodents hunt the giant seabirds.
On Gough Island, house mice, a fraction of an albatross chick's size, have become its biggest threat. Image Credits: RSPB Jaimie Cleeland still gets shivers when she talks about it. For a year, the Australian marine ecologist worked on Gough Island, ... [5182 chars]