In 1883, Hawaii introduced mongooses to control rats in sugarcane fields. They soon became a far bigger threat to native wildlife

Back in the late 1800s, Hawaii's booming sugarcane industry had a serious rat problem. Rats were tearing through the cane fields, cutting into profits, and plantation owners wanted a quick fix. Their ...
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The Island Assassin: How the Small Indian Mongoose Became One of Conservation’s Biggest Mistakes

The idea sounded sensible at the time. Sugar plantations were losing money to rats, who were chewing through crops and infrastructure. But nature had an answer: the mongoose. Import a predator, let it ...