Our cottontail margarita also has a whimsical garnish, one that fits perfectly with the Easter and spring theme: a Peeps ...

It began last spring with phone calls to the Harris Center, as excited people shared reports of a surprising mammal. I hadn’t ...

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

A patch of dead grass could actually be a sign of new life—as in a rabbit’s nest! Know the signs to look for, and what to do if you find a nest of newborns.

Languages: English. The Omiltemi cottontail rabbit, a species lost to science since 1904, has been rediscovered in Mexico's Sierra Madre del Sur mountains. The elusive rabbit was spotted by a team ...

When I was in high school, there was a snowshoe hare or a cottontail rabbit beneath every third bush. My brothers and I shot and ate so many that I eventually swore off shooting or eating another.

The species is very “elusive” because of its isolated populations in the mountains and its striking similarities to the Eastern cottontail rabbit, according to North Carolina wildlife officials.

The cold winter’s day was punctuated by the yelps and howls of the beagle, Nuisance, on the track of a particularly shifty cottontail. The rabbit had been circling and backtracking with the facility ...

Years ago, when I lived in the coastal Maine town of York, my science class was involved in a New England cottontail project. These rabbits — the only rabbit species native to Maine and New ...