One of the many things I love about winter is the snow and the ability to track the animals that live in our backyards. It’s such an adventure to be able to go outside and discover who has been ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 larger hind ...
The snowshoe hare is one of approximately 20 animals in the world that turn white in the winter, and it’s one that faces some serious concerns here in the Keystone State due to climate change and loss ...
Known as the varying hare, the snowshoe hare changes color in the winter by developing a new outer coat of white fur. Triggered by changes in day length, the snowshoe hare gradually sheds its ...
It’s one of approximately 20 animals in the world that turn white in the winter, and it’s one that faces some serious concerns here in the Keystone State due to climate change and loss of habitat over ...
Native to the Scottish Highlands, these color-changing mammals thrive in tough winter conditions. But now there’s less snow. A hare blends into a snowbank in Scotland’s Monadhliath Mountains. The ...
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 larger hind ...