The Tortoise and the Hare” is a timeless classic. And for many of us, it was the fable that taught us that hares exist. Join me as we take a look at the many differences between the smaller rabbit and ...
1. The brown hare is Britain’s fastest land mammal, clocking speeds of up to 40mph. 2. There are about 700,000 hares in the UK — they are especially prolific in East Anglia, but sparser in the West ...
From the Easter Bunny to Peter Rabbit to the March Hare, rabbits and hares can be found throughout popular culture. But how much do we know about the real thing? In Remarkable Rabbits, a ...
There are two species of hare in the UK (brown and mountain) but only the brown hare is known in Wales. It's thought that brown hares were introduced to Britain by the Romans. Numbers started to ...
In the 1960s, neuroscientist Eric Kandel began a series of experiments on the California brown sea hare, a species of sea slug that looks as though it were dropped into the ocean from outer space.
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 ...