A rabbit crossing a garden at dusk and a hare sitting upright in a field can look surprisingly alike from a distance. Both belong to the same branch of the mammal family tree and share familiar ...

European wild rabbits are a 'keystone species' that hold together entire ecosystems—according to researchers at the University of East Anglia. Their grazing and digging activity keeps the ground in a ...

In Washington State, the race is on to save a diminutive bunny as wildfires threaten its already shrinking habitat The Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit relies on sagebrush for food and shelter, but the ...

Scientists say good rainfall and growing resistance to viruses are to blame for increasing rabbit populations around the ...

Rabbits are among the mammals that can be found all over North America, from deserts to frozen tundra and from the suburbs to inner cities. But where do rabbits live? It also means having a working ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Scientists in Idaho will be flying military-style drone aircraft over the state’s sagebrush sea, not in a bid to find terrorists but to help locate the best habitat for one of West ...

SHOSHONE • Steady rain tapped the roof of the wall tent Saturday, as Travis Whitley called out a series of numbers. “Go to 1,500,” he said. Matthew Burgess read back the numbers as he punched them ...

The Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Kittery is the first refuge in Maine to host New England cottontails after dozens of the rabbits were released there this year. New England cottontails ...

Invasive species have a devastating effect on biodiversity. In Australia, introduced red foxes and feral cats have been implicated in the majority of the extinctions of the native mammal fauna, which ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has found that the pygmy rabbit is not endangered, because the statistical methods used in the petition requesting protection are not accurate ...