The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, for example, developed a monitoring program, with 64 plots established in five locations. In 2011, evidence of rabbit activity was records at 39% of the sites.

A United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Denver International Airport on Sunday after what appears to be a rare wildlife strike — potentially involving a rabbit.

Refuge Wildlife Biologist Kate O'Brien says vanishing habitat caused the once prolific species to decline over decades, but with help the population of the threatened rabbits is growing again.

A riparian brush rabbit is sedated when being vaccinated as part of program to combat rabbit hemorrhagic disease at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024.

SALT LAKE CITY — A coalition of conservation groups are seeking federal protections for the pygmy rabbit, aptly named because as the smallest rabbit in the world, you can hold it in the palm of ...

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 ...

The 17 wild-bred pygmy rabbits released in a sagebrush draw last Thursday brought more than 15 years of land deals into focus, said Robin Stanton of The Nature Conservancy.

Residents in areas of western Massachusetts have established new habitat growth on their property to provide a vital role for the New England cottontail, the only native rabbit in the region.

While wildlife strikes are relatively common at U.S. airports, more than 20,000 were reported last year, according to Federal Aviation Administration data, only four involved rabbits.