The eastern cottontail is a typical rabbit with long ears and hind legs. The tail is short, fluffy, 30-70 mm (1.2-2.8 in) in length, brown above and white below. Except for the rust colored nape, the ...

FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Eastern Cottontail Solar Project will implement sheep grazing to assist with vegetation management at its project site in Fairfield County. Implementing sheep grazing has been ...

HAMPDEN, Mass. — In The Adventures of Peter Cottontail, the children's classic published 100 years ago, the title character offers this advice: "When you need a safe retreat/a briar patch cannot be ...

Minnesota is home to two varieties of the small mammal we simply refer to as rabbits. In Duluth we are in the midst of the overlapping ranges of those two animals. Their appearance is similar enough ...

It’s not just a bad hare day. A rapidly spreading virus is causing cottontail rabbits to grow black, tentacle-like growths out of their heads, prompting warnings to steer clear of the mutated animals.

FERRISBURGH, Vt. (WCAX) - Did you know that the cottontail rabbit you see in Vermont is not native to the Geen Mountain State? In this week’s Wildlife Watch, Ike Bendavid joins a cotton tail hunt to ...

DURHAM – Researchers with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire have been monitoring an effort to reintroduce New England cottontails raised in captivity ...