Tennessee Pass, between Minturn and Leadville, not only designates the separation of the Mosquito and Sawatch mountain ranges but it also parts the watersheds between the Colorado and Arkansas river ...
One of the joys of getting out on the trail in the winter is that every movement leaves a track. While many animals migrate south for the winter, spend the cold months hibernating or even avoid chilly ...
That was the advice I told the crew of our Snowshoe Hare hunters. Two weeks before the opening of Snowshoe Hare season, which is always the week following Christmas Day, the weather forecast was ...
For the past 14 years, my winter ecology students and I have spent a lot of time outdoors, studying the preferred habitat features and winter foods of snowshoe hares. We’re likely to find hare tracks ...
On a recent warm spring day in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, wildlife biologist Alexej Siren found something exciting: snowshoe hare tracks in a fleeting patch of snow. “We have these larger hind ...
The snowshoe hare is one of approximately 20 animals in the world that turn white in the winter, and it’s one that faces some serious concerns here in the Keystone State due to climate change and loss ...
Like many animals in the far north, snowshoe hares change their coats from brown to white each autumn. Come winter, these all-white hares are harder for predators to spot against the snowy landscape, ...
Explore how Wisconsin’s rabbits and hares adapt to their habitats. Join host Robert S. Ellarson to explore how Wisconsin's rabbits and hares survive and thrive. Learn how cottontails, snowshoe hares ...
A new study, which used 44 years of data, shows that as the globe has warmed, altering the timing and amount of snow cover, snowshoe hares' winter transformation may be out of sync with the color of ...