A warming climate will shrink and fragment mountain hare habitat in the Swiss Alps. Populations are likely to decline as a result. A warming climate will shrink and fragment mountain hare habitat in ...

Ian A. R. Hulbert, Glenn R. Iason and Paul A. Racey 1. Mountain hares (Lepus timidus L.) are summer grazers that switch to browse in winter, while rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) eat mostly grasses ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B has revealed that mountain hares in Scotland are exposed to more predators due to climate change. Normally, the mountain hares’ fur ...

1. Winter tourism in the European Alps has developed rapidly over the past few decades, leading to the expansion of ski resorts, growing numbers of visitors and a massive increase in snow sport ...

SUMMIT COUNTY, Colorado ” Striding up along the creek near Vail Pass on her snowshoes, U.S. Forest Service biologist Liz Roberts explains her efforts to study lynx habitat in the forests west of ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials finalized a recovery plan for imperiled populations of Canada lynx on Wednesday and proposed new habitat protections in the southern Rocky Mountains for ...

Researchers have published a comprehensive study on the significance of species differences for the most central cell maintenance mechanisms. The researchers used the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and ...