Research in North Carolina involving rabbit poop could help protect a vulnerable species in the state, wildlife officials said. An “elusive” rabbit known as the Appalachian cottontail faces several ...

The Omiltemi cottontail rabbit, a species lost to science since 1904, has been rediscovered in Mexico's Sierra Madre del Sur ...

From their enclosures at zoos in New York and Rhode Island, the New England cottontail offers a cute distraction for visitors. But for scientists working to restore the rabbit in the wild, these ...

GRANVILLE, Mass. (WWLP) – Residents in areas of western Massachusetts have established new habitat growth on their property to provide a vital role for the New England cottontail, the only native ...

Al Crisalli Jr. took these photos in the Valley of an Audubon’s Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus audubonii) as it was foraging, and then exiting the scene when it became nervous ...

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 ...