Rabbits and hares have many common characteristics. Both have long hind limbs and their distinctive ears are long and relatively narrow. They are adapted for hopping and leaping locomotion.

Both rabbits look alike but do not interbreed. The endangered New England cottontail has a small black spot on its forehead, whereas the Eastern cottontail has a white spot in the same place, and ...

Holman said there is still research into such things as whether the species are affected differently by ticks, and whether the Eastern cottontail is deliberately harassing its New England cousin.

One of our most familiar mammals is the eastern cottontail.It is also one of the most prolific mammalian reproducers. Apparently, the rabbits have been hard at work, as there seems to be bunnies ...

While New England cottontails (Sylvilagus transitionalis) are our only native rabbit, identification can be tricky in the field because the eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) has moved in ...

If you've looked outside and noticed more wild rabbits hopping around in your yard, you're not alone. ... Pictured is an eastern cottontail rabbit in an undated photo.

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 h… ...