Lost' Species of Rabbit Resurfaces After More Than a Century, Helps Scientists to Create Strategies to Ensure its Survival ...

The long-lost Omiltemi cottontail has been spotted on camera after more than a century, sparking hope for its conservation.

Since 1904, the Omiltemi cottontail rabbit has been lost to science. But recently, it has been rediscovered in Mexico’s ...

Some rabbits and hares are habitat specialists, unable to live anywhere but in their native environment, which makes them very sensitive to habitat loss and climate change. For example ...

These rabbits seek out habitat on the fringes of open spaces, such as fields, meadows, and farms, but can adapt to other habitats—including those of humans. They browse at night on grasses and ...

Mass Wildlife is partnering with private landowners to create habitats for the native species, which is found in South ...

as we explore the threats rabbits and hares face in the wild, from habitat loss to climate change. But it also shows why, even though their numbers are down, we shouldn’t count these important ...

(WWLP) – Residents in areas of western Massachusetts have established new habitat growth on their property to provide a vital role for the New England cottontail, the only native rabbit in the ...

The rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis) depend on the sagebrush steppe ecosystems of the Sagebrush Sea for their survival and are at risk of extinction because of habitat loss and disease. They’ve lost ...