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 ...

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 ...

While a cottontail being chased by a fox can run a zig-zag pattern at 18 mph, snowshoe hares and black-tailed jackrabbits (a form of hare) have been clocked at 35 mph. A final trait that all the ...

A coyote stepping through snow. A raven cleaning its beak. An ermine darting along the creek. The alert ears of a snowshoe ...

Pennsylvania hunting season is in full swing including Sunday schedules. From deer to quail to turkey, here's a complete list ...

They also have large paws and long hind legs making them highly adapted to hunting snowshoe hare in snow, the service said. Lynx was likely looking to establish territory Vermont is on the ...

With Pennsylvania's hunting seasons underway, here are the answers to some of the most popular questions about when to hunt.

Field experiments by Charles J. Krebs and colleagues have experimentally teased apart the influence of food abundance and predation on snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) populations in Canada.

For example, Elton (1924) observed that snowshoe hare and lynx populations in Canadian boreal forests fluctuated over time in a fairly regular cycle (Figure 7). More importantly, they fluctuated ...

Rocky Mountain National Park attracts the crowds, but this underrated state park nearby offers similar experiences in a more ...

Pennsylvania has a diverse amount of hunting opportunities and it’s important to know the dates and bag limits for each season. With that in mind, here’s a quick look at many of the key ...