As New England warms, snowshoe hares are increasingly finding themselves the wrong color for camouflaging with their ...

The large hind feet, long ears, short tail, and typical rabbit shape distinguish this snowshoe hare, the only "rabbit" throughout much of the Adirondack Park. From mid-December until late April, the ...

Females are slightly larger than males. The eastern cottontail is smaller than the snowshoe hare and does not develop a white winter coat. The New England cottontail (S. transitionalis Bangs) is a ...

For the snowshoe hare and the cottontail, this is not just imagination—it’s reality. These fascinating creatures illustrate how the environment can shape evolution in unexpected and remarkable ...

Some hares even sport different outfits as the seasons change. In the summer, the snowshoe hare’s brown coat camouflages well with its home in the boreal forest. As winter sets in and the snow ...

Hares are a bit larger than rabbits, and they typically have taller hind legs and longer ears. Snowshoe hares have especially large, furry feet that help them to move atop snow in the winter.

As New England warms, snowshoe hares are increasingly finding themselves the wrong color for camouflaging with their ...

On a recent warm spring day in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, wildlife biologist Alexej Siren found something exciting: snowshoe hare tracks in a fleeting patch of snow. “We have these ...