A WILDLIFE photographer challenged nature lovers to spot a sneaky mountain hare hiding in the snow-covered Scottish Highlands ... but only someone with a 20/20 vision can spot the hare in 10 ...

Another snap of the mountain hare shows it looking right down the camera as it sits in the snow. Andy's Facebook post said: "Morning brain teaser for you. Find the mountain hare.

The Scottish mountain hare population is estimated at 135,000, although scientists stress the uncertainty baked into any such calculations; the true figure might fall anywhere between 81,000 and ...

The Volunteer Mountain Hare Survey project aimed at gathering accurate information to better inform conservation efforts. A total of 66 volunteers surveyed 1,465 km (910 miles) using the app.

The mountain hare is rarely seen in the wild. It lives in the higher regions of the Alps and is famous for its beautiful white winter coat. Now, however, ...

Mountain hares suffering from heat stress The research team investigated the impact of climate change on the species' distribution in the Swiss Alps, based on 1,046 mountain hare observations ...

Campaigners believe that despite the supposed positive effects of hare culling, the practice is both “indiscriminate and ruthless”. The RSPB said urgent action is needed to protect mountain hares.

This article, originally titled “The Black Hare of Halcott,” first ran in the October 1968 issue. “IF THE HOUNDS don’t bring that rabbit around soon, Dad, it will be too dark to shoot,” said my ...

The Tortoise and the Hare” is a timeless classic. And for many of us, it was the fable that taught us that hares exist. Join ...

More information: Craig T. Michell et al, Mountain- and brown hare genetic polymorphisms to survey local adaptations and conservation status of the heath hare (Lepus timidus sylvaticus, Nilsson ...

A wintry image of a shy mountain hare at sunset has won the top prize in the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 2022. The photo taken by 17-year-old Ben Harrott, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was ...

A WILDLIFE photographer challenged nature lovers to spot a sneaky mountain hare hiding in the snow-covered Scottish Highlands leaving some so baffled they gave up – but can you spot it? Andy … ...