Fall is a great time to spot snowshoe hares in Canada. They’re one of the most common forest animals in Canada and can be ...

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 ...

One of the many things I love about winter is the snow and the ability to track the animals that live in our backyards. It’s such an adventure to be able to go outside and discover who has been ...

Over the years I had opportunities to observe snowshoe hares while working with students at the Environmental Learning Center first at Isabella, Minn., and the last three decades at Wolf Ridge, near ...

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 ...

On a recent warm spring day in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, wildlife biologist Alexej Siren found something exciting: snowshoe hare tracks in a fleeting patch of snow. “We have these larger hind ...

It’s mid-February, and Parks and Rec hikers are headed up from Crow Hill Road to Lawson Meadows. The skiers soon disappeared, leaving the snowshoe-ers to plod our way up. The lead hikers got lucky — a ...

Snowshoe hares are part of the leporidae family and have evolved certain traits to help them survive against their predators. One of these traits is the ability to change its fur color depending on ...

In the high country, the brown snowshoe hare turns white in winter. Named for its extra-large, fur-bottomed hind feet, the snowshoe hare can clear 12 feet in a single jump and moves easily in Colorado ...