Humans have been hunting and cooking wild rabbits for longer than we’ve been recording history. We loved eating rabbit meat so much that we domesticated the critters way back in 1000 BC. However, wild ...

The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish confirmed the hemorrhagic disease in a black-tailed jackrabbit and five desert cottontails in March. Photo by Gary Clark via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA ...

The presence of genetic resistance to myxomatosis in a sample of wild rabbits from one area in England was reported in 1977. Rabbits from three other areas in Great Britain have been tested ...

The genetic changes that transformed wild animals into domesticated forms have long been a mystery. An international team of scientists has now made a breakthrough by showing that many genes ...

SINCE my previous communication on this subject 1 various fresh data have thrown new light on the coprophagy or refection rhythm in wild rabbits. Taylor 2 reported, that of a number of wild rabbits ...

A popular tourist attraction in Japan known as the "rabbit island" is seeing a surge in predators. Tourist food leftovers are drawing rats, crows, and wild boars from neighboring islands. The 900 ...

Long Island is home to a thriving population of wild rabbits, often spotted in parks, backyards, and wooded areas. However, it’s important to recognize that these wild rabbits are vastly different ...

Rabbits are a treasured source of companionship, entertainment, and—if you’re living most anywhere besides the U.S.—food. But a new analysis published Wednesday in Cell Press Reviews suggests that ...

It's spring - and wild rabbits are doing what they excel at - breeding. As well as busily munching and digging up orchards and farms That's led to a call for local councils to step up and help manage ...

A strange virus is affecting wild rabbits in America. It causes horn-like growths on their faces. These rabbits are called 'zombie bunnies'. The virus is Shope papillomavirus or SPV. It spreads ...