It is hard to believe that the wide-eyed, puffy-tailed rabbits that scurry around campus are actually an invasive species, while the species native to the region is disappearing. These endangered New ...

Environmental advocates want the courts to force federal wildlife officials to decide whether pygmy rabbits ought to be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Pygmy rabbits, the world’s smallest ...

European wild rabbits are a 'keystone species' that hold together entire ecosystems—according to researchers at the University of East Anglia. Their grazing and digging activity keeps the ground in a ...

What do you think when you hear the word “rabbit”? Does your mind conjure images of cartoon bunnies eating carrots? Or the fluffy tails and floppy ears of pet bunnies? Maybe you think about their ...

A dwindling population of rabbits, isolated in Washington since the ice age, may need help from Idaho relatives to survive. With no nearby relatives for recolonization, scientists are considering ...

Wild bunnies in the Americas have the same long ears and fluffy tails as pet rabbits, but the two types of rabbits are not closely related. Although different species of rabbits and hares are ...

Rabbits may soon be dropping like flies. A deadly rabbit virus that apparently jumped from domestic to wild rabbits and is threatening the lives and habitats of millions of the cuddly creatures has ...