Claim to fame: Rabbit hunting is not as popular now as it was in the mid-1900s, but the cottontail is still a prominent game animal in much of Missouri. Missouri’s rabbit season runs from Oct. 1 ...

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 ...

"Like the legendary Mandarin Duck, the origin of the Ramble's Eastern Cottontail is unknown," David Barrett, of Manhattan Bird Alert, tells me. The rabbit, presumed to be the first of its kind in ...

Apr. 15—GRAND FORKS — They might look cute, those little brown bunnies that seem to be just about everywhere in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks these days, but the flourishing population of eastern ...

MILLERSPORT, Ohio (WCMH) — A proposed central Ohio solar project has been revised so that the land it’s built on can still be used for agricultural purposes. The Eastern Cottontail Solar Project, one ...

Eastern cottontail rabbits begin birthing litters this week in Missouri. Rabbits convert plants to animal matter, and play an important role in wildlife communities. Watch for newborn cottontails this ...

Aug. 7—Bunnies are everywhere in the Granite State, including one species with "the ability to take over" and another that actually is endangered. See a rabbit in your yard? It's probably an Eastern ...

"Hey, Rick, I caught something I believe you'll be interested in," said my friend Mark Kasper in a tantalizing phone message last week. I immediately called Mark back and nonchalantly replied, " It ...

The species is very “elusive” because of its isolated populations in the mountains and its striking similarities to the Eastern cottontail rabbit, according to North Carolina wildlife officials. North ...

“You may go into the fields or down the lane, but don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden. Your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.” From "The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” by ...