The recovery follows the removal of black and brown rats that had accidentally arrived on the island as stowaways on ships and shipwrecks.
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Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
Any efforts to grow plants will necessarily lead to the introduction of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes — whether intentionally as useful symbionts or as accidental stowaways.
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