Years ago, when I lived in the coastal Maine town of York, my science class was involved in a New England cottontail project. These rabbits — the only rabbit species native to Maine and New Hampshire ...

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — A rare rabbit called the New England cottontail is losing its home because forests are getting smaller and another kind of rabbit is taking over. The Queens Zoo is working hard ...

LITCHFIELD >> There is a little irony in this story -- it's about an animal so noted for its fecundity that the trait has become a cliché, and yet it now needs human intervention to avoid becoming an ...

The Eastern and New England rabbits are grayish-brown. The Easterns tend to be a bit larger. The natives — they also are called brush rabbits, woods rabbits or coneys — often have a small black spot ...