Sorry, Peter Rabbit, but homeowners need to protect their gardens. Even Mr. McGregor would approve of these bunny-proof ...

Easter is here, and while observers hide eggs and take pictures with the Easter bunny, eastern cottontails in Indiana begin to have their first of as many as seven litters. Cottontails are prolific ...

Last week a friend sent me a photo of a baby cottontail small enough to fit into the palm of his hand. It had been lying, lifeless, on a welcome mat by the front door, courtesy of a neighbor’s cat. It ...

After a mother rabbit accidentally drowned in a ravine, people found her six tiny babies in a nest nearby and knew they had to help them. The baby cottontails were so young, they still had tiny ...

Rabbits are disappearing across the Northeast, and it’s not a magic trick. New England cottontails, the breed made famous by children’s literary hero Peter Rabbit, are becoming so rare, they narrowly ...

What is New England without the New England cottontail? This is a question that Assistant Professor in Residence Chadwick Rittenhouse, a researcher in the Department of Natural Resources and the ...

The threatened New England cottontail — the region’s only native rabbit, made immortal in “The Adventures of Peter Cottontail” — appears to be making a comeback. Federal wildlife officials will ...

After nine years of preparing these biweekly nature columns, I’ve decided that’s probably enough. I’d like to thank the publishers of the several newspapers who have had the kindness to run my essays ...

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