Years ago, when I lived in the coastal Maine town of York, my science class was involved in a New England cottontail project. These rabbits — the only rabbit species native to Maine and New Hampshire ...

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QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — A rare rabbit called the New England cottontail is losing its home because forests are getting smaller and another kind of rabbit is taking over. The Queens Zoo is working hard ...

The New England cottontail is a vulnerable species. The zoo is doing its best to breed more of them. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll find out how rabbits that were bred and ...

Fifteen young New England cottontail rabbits born at a New York City zoo have been released into the wild in Maine as part of an effort to save the only rabbit species native to New England from ...

From east of the Hudson River and up through New England, efforts are underway to save what's become a rare species of rabbit — the New England Cottontail. It's the species that was a staple for ...

LITCHFIELD >> There is a little irony in this story -- it's about an animal so noted for its fecundity that the trait has become a cliché, and yet it now needs human intervention to avoid becoming an ...