In the biting cold and snow-filled backcountry of the Seeley-Swan Valley, researchers from the University of Montana are looking for what should be nearly invisible. After all, snowshoe hares against ...

Four of them live in Colorado: snowshoe hares, white-tailed ptarmigan, short-tailed weasels and long-tailed weasels.

Only 21 species worldwide are known to do this, almost all in northern climates, according to an article in the journal Science. Four of them live in Colorado: snowshoe hares, white-tailed ptarmigan, ...

The quintessential image of a snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) is a pure white bunny – although it is a hare, not a rabbit – nestled in powdery snow, gazing out from under the overhanging branches of ...

Tennessee Pass, between Minturn and Leadville, not only designates the separation of the Mosquito and Sawatch mountain ranges but it also parts the watersheds between the Colorado and Arkansas river ...

Winter is cold, winter is wind, winter is snow. Winter requires species to evolve, to respond to the snowpack to survive.

Explore how Wisconsin’s rabbits and hares adapt to their habitats. Join host Robert S. Ellarson to explore how Wisconsin's rabbits and hares survive and thrive. Learn how cottontails, snowshoe hares ...

Snowshoe hares While it may not be easy to spot a snowshoe hare in the wild when they are camouflaged against the snow, their tracks are another matter. Almost comically obvious, the prints are made ...