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 ...

There are several species of cottontail rabbit, but the eastern cottontail is the most common. This ubiquitous animal can be found from Canada to South America and, in the United States ...

I can’t believe the negligence of mother rabbits these days. As I listened to rain pound the roof of my house, I worried ...

T he Omiltemi cottontail rabbit was thought to have been lost to science since the early 1900s. Last seen 130 years ago, the future looked bleak for this little brown rabbit, but an expedition in ...

For over a century, the Omiltemi cottontail rabbit was lost to science, unseen since its last recorded sighting 120 years ago. Local hunters in Mexico’s Sierra Madre del Sur insisted the rabbit ...