One of the many things I love about winter is the snow and the ability to track the animals that live in our backyards. It’s such an adventure to be able to go outside and discover who has been ...

The snowshoe hare is one of approximately 20 animals in the world that turn white in the winter, and it’s one that faces some serious concerns here in the Keystone State due to climate change and loss ...

(WHTM) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking all cottontail rabbit and snowshoe hare hunters for help regarding a rapidly spreading virus and snowshoe hare distribution and coloration. Rabbit ...

Snowshoe rabbits are actually medium-sized hares. Long ears and large, wide hind feet matted with hair differentiate the snowshoe hare from the cottontail rabbit. Four types of rabbits and three types ...

Snowshoe hares are part of the leporidae family and have evolved certain traits to help them survive against their predators. One of these traits is the ability to change its fur color depending on ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books. Reach him via Katie Rohman at [email protected]. A ...

That was the advice I told the crew of our Snowshoe Hare hunters. Two weeks before the opening of Snowshoe Hare season, which is always the week following Christmas Day, the weather forecast was ...

LONG POND – It was the coldest day of winter in 2018, but it was also the opening day of the five-day Pennsylvania snowshoe hare season. So even the single digits and wind chill could not dissuade our ...

In the high country, the brown snowshoe hare turns white in winter. Named for its extra-large, fur-bottomed hind feet, the snowshoe hare can clear 12 feet in a single jump and moves easily in Colorado ...