Minnesota is home to two varieties of the small mammal we simply refer to as rabbits. In Duluth we are in the midst of the overlapping ranges of those two animals. Their appearance is similar enough ...

ROANOKE, W.Va. — West Virginia is the southernmost range of the elusive snowshoe hare, but now the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources wants to figure out just how abundant they are in the ...

Snowshoe rabbits are actually medium-sized hares. Long ears and large, wide hind feet matted with hair differentiate the snowshoe hare from the cottontail rabbit. Four types of rabbits and three types ...

In the high country, the brown snowshoe hare turns white in winter. Named for its extra-large, fur-bottomed hind feet, the snowshoe hare can clear 12 feet in a single jump and moves easily in Colorado ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books. Reach him via Katie Rohman at [email protected]. A ...

MADISON – A warming climate and a lack of snow is pushing snowshoe hares farther north, limiting where Wisconsinites are able to spot the creatures. Jon Pauli and Ben Zuckerberg have been looking at ...

Snowshoe hares are part of the leporidae family and have evolved certain traits to help them survive against their predators. One of these traits is the ability to change its fur color depending on ...

(WHTM) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking all cottontail rabbit and snowshoe hare hunters for help regarding a rapidly spreading virus and snowshoe hare distribution and coloration. Rabbit ...

Over the years I had opportunities to observe snowshoe hares while working with students at the Environmental Learning Center first at Isabella, Minn., and the last three decades at Wolf Ridge, near ...

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