A rare wild cat not seen in New England in six years continues to roam the region after a confirmed sighting of the elusive ...

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 ...

Canada lynx are often mistaken for bobcats, but they are exceedingly rare in the lower 48. A juvenile male is now roaming Vermont. The post After first confirmed sighting in 6 years, this rare cat is ...

Canada lynx populations in Interior Alaska experience a “traveling population wave” that affects their reproduction, movement ...

Lynx hunt snowshoe hares and both species need young forest ... long black ear tufts and short, black-tipped tail. These mid-sized boreal forest carnivores are similar to bobcats in size and ...

The tail is short, fluffy, 30-70 mm (1.2-2.8 in ... The eastern cottontail is smaller than the snowshoe hare and does not develop a white winter coat. The New England cottontail (S. transitionalis ...

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.

It feeds on a common peatland plant, hare’s-tail cottongrass ... like voles and squirrels but their favourite meal is a snowshoe hare. Boreal forests are some of the world’s last remaining ...

After a rare Canada lynx was confirmed in Vermont last August for the first time in years, biologists with the Vermont Fish ...

Fluffy, curly, short or stumpy, tails are an adorable feature of our furry friends. But if not for human amusement, why do dogs have tails? A vet explains. Nothing makes me feel quite as happy and ...

His research has involved a variety of mammals ranging in size from snowshoe hares to polar bears. His current projects include studies of population dynamics of arctic caribou herds and ...