Rabbits and hares are members of the same mammal family: Leporidae. They’re closely related to rodents but are distinctive in their features. With twitching noses, lanky hind legs and long ears ...

All three are referred to as rabbits; however, the Black-tailed Jackrabbit is actually a hare. “What’s the difference between rabbits, and hares,” you ask? Rabbits and hares have many common ...

Spreading in blotchy patches across the morainal hills, idling the day away under wispy branches of young-growth aspens, ...

Jackrabbits are actually hares, not rabbits. Hares are larger than rabbits, and they typically have taller hind legs and longer ears. Jackrabbits were named for their ears, which initially caused ...

The virus only affects hares and rabbits ... and biosecurity practices are essential for protecting rabbits, and the same general practices apply when introducing any new animal (or plant ...

Most of us are well aware of the seven-to-11-year population cycle of the snowshoe hare in Newfoundland. Hunters and trappers in particular also know that our "rabbit," as they are more commonly ...

Brown hares across the UK have been found with a disease that usually only affects rabbits, scientists say. The first cases of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus type 2 (RHDV2) were found in dead ...