It's tough to be a rabbit. Four out of five cottontail rabbits living wild in Kansas die within a year, said Jeff Prendergast, small game specialist for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.

Emma Sherratt works for University of Adelaide, is an Honorary Researcher at the South Australian Musueum, and receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a member of the World ...

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 ...