Rabbit or hare? These mammals are both in the order Lagomorpha, but they have very different characteristics. What separates them? And what rabbit isn’t a rabbit at all? Science Trek is available to ...

Rabbits are common residents of North Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma. They are important prey animals in wildlife communities and can occasionally wreak havoc upon crops, pastures, gardens, and yards ...

It’s mid-February, and Parks and Rec hikers are headed up from Crow Hill Road to Lawson Meadows. The skiers soon disappeared, leaving the snowshoe-ers to plod our way up. The lead hikers got lucky — a ...

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 ...

An occasional series of articles about the differences between similar animals. What's your guess: Is Bugs Bunny a wascally wabbit or a harebrained hare? Answer: He's probably a jackrabbit, which ...

Minnesota is home to the prolific cottontail rabbit, as well as two species of their relatives — the white-tailed jack rabbit ...

After nine years of preparing these biweekly nature columns, I’ve decided that’s probably enough. I’d like to thank the publishers of the several newspapers who have had the kindness to run my essays ...

They both have long ears, strong hind legs, and a small stubby tail: At first glance, hares and rabbits look quite similar.

The gardens should be in. We have had the first flush of dandelions. The robins are training new hatchlings to fly. Things are finally starting to take off and grow. It must be summer! It is amazing ...

Researchers at Arizona University recently published a report that identified the key mutation that allowed the rabbitpox virus to lethally cross into Iberian hares. Poxviruses are back, and it is no ...