August 22, 2016 Print The Economist reports that Hungarian biologists have trained rabbits to preferentially eat common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), an invasive plant (and a native to North America).http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21705297-milkweed-toxic-and-hard-get-rid-answer-train-rabbits-it-now Rabbit eating milkweed