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 ...

BOYLSTON – If you’ve seen wild rabbits hopping around your yard or neighborhood – lots of them – you’re not alone. The little critters with cute white tails, long ears and powerful hind legs appear to ...

The most characteristic feature of domestic animals is their tame behaviour. An international team of scientists has now used high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study how ...

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 ...

In the wild, rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) are social but territorial. Recent surveys suggest that over half of pet rabbits are housed singly. We aimed to compare welfare in single versus paired ...

It is often said, in both popular articles and scientific papers, that rabbits were first domesticated by French monks in 600 AD. Back then, Pope Gregory the Great had allegedly decreed that ...

Biologists are asking North Carolinians to report any dead rabbits they see to the state Wildlife Resources Commission. According to the agency, a fatal disease has been reported in both wild and ...