These winter days are made more enjoyable and lively with the addition of a bird feeder near the house. The birds that come by for a meal can get along quite well without us, but I find that when I ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The grey-brown New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis ...

When an eastern cottontail rabbit appears in our yard, my husband, a trained scientist, and I, a volunteer scientist, call it a bunny. There’s just something about wild bunnies. We’ve had several ...

Reports and sightings of cottontail rabbit papillomavirus have been documented for centuries, but the symptoms have gone viral in a new sense this summer. Photos of wild rabbits with wart-like horns ...

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 ...

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 ...

A group of rabbits in Colorado with grotesque, hornlike growths may seem straight out of a low-budget horror film, but scientists say there's no reason to be spooked — the furry creatures merely have ...