Where snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) roam, Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) are expected to follow. Simulations suggest that this correlation sets up a cyclical population wave, but little is ...

An international scientific team led by UM Associate Professor Jeffrey Good and graduate student Matthew Jones set out to discover how snowshoe hares have evolved to molt to a white coat in areas ...

What does it look like? Snowshoe hares are named for their large hind feet, which, like snowshoes, allow them to stay on top of the snow during Canadian winters. The fur of snowshoe hares varies in ...

Maine is home to two rabbit-like species, but only one of them—the New England cottontail (NEC) or cooney—is a true rabbit. The other is the snowshoe hare. Snowshoe hares are larger than cottontails, ...

The snowshoe hare has a gene that reacts to shorter days in autumn by switching off pigment as the coat grows, so the animal within weeks molts from brown to white for the winter months.

This image shows brown and white snowshoe hares on bare ground at a University of Montana research facility. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

Snowshoe hares are named for their large hind feet, which, like snowshoes, allow them to stay on top of the snow during Canadian winters. In spring, summer and fall, they sport a coat of light to dark ...

For Canada lynx in Alaska, this cycle is closely tied to the 10- to 12-year boom-and-bust cycle of their main prey, the snowshoe hare. When hare populations increase, lynx numbers follow a year or two ...

Some hares even sport different outfits as the seasons change. In the summer, the snowshoe hare’s brown coat camouflages well with its home in the boreal forest. As winter sets in and the snow ...

Canada lynx are often mistaken for bobcats, but they are exceedingly rare in the lower 48. A juvenile male is now roaming Vermont.

This unique relationship allowed Sam to capture some epic never-before-filmed behaviour — including a wild lynx successfully hunting a snowshoe hare. Canada’s lynx are dependent on snowshoe ...