“When wild rabbits are taken from their natural habitat, the stress causes metabolic changes that release toxins into their bloodstream, and sadly, they die quickly,” she says.

Rabbits that hide in natural burrows must be lured into traps baited with lettuce. "Last year we logged 1,500 volunteer hours, plus 1,600 from five interns, plus regular staff time," Wisniewski said.

An Omiltemi cottontail rabbit in the Sierra del Madre Sur. The rabbit had been lost to science since the early 1900s, but after a 5-year search it was rediscovered in the Sierra Madre del Sur, ...

The riverside habitat is the only place in the world where riparian brush rabbits are found. Today, less than 1% of the habitat remains, after much of the land was converted into agricultural fields.

Rabbits, turtles, juncos and sparrows use tangled branches for temporary shelter. Toads, mice and ground-beetles will come and go as will skunks, snakes and quail that feed on them.

The riparian brush rabbit long has contended with flooding, predators and conversion of nearly all of its natural range to farming. Since 2020, it also has faced rabbit hemorrhagic disease, which ...

You might want to get up early Easter Sunday morning. The bunny that hops into your home to drop off foil-wrapped chocolate eggs could be the New England cottontail, a species not often seen these ...

New England cottontails, like many other species of small animals and plants, flourish in the brushy thickets of young forest, woodland recovering from natural disturbance such as fire or human ...

Keep your rabbit as healthy as possible by staying up to date on the best care practices for your particular breed. Overall, the dwarf hotot can be a very rewarding companion.