Arctic hares can go the distance. A member of Lepus arcticus in northern Canada has traveled farther than anyone knew possible. BBYY, as the adult female was known, made a wild dash of more than 388 ...

America is home to many animals, including beautiful, ugly, cute, dangerous, wild, and domesticated species. Among these animals is the Arctic hare, the largest hare in North America. The Arctic hare ...

An Arctic hare dubbed BBYY trekked at least 388 kilometers across the tundra in 49 days, shattering expectations for a creature that typically stays close to home, Ariana Remmel reported in “An Arctic ...

Alaska has no wild rabbits. We only have hares: varying hares — we call them snowshoe hares — and Arctic hares. Arctic hares are the largest wild lagomorph — family of rabbits, hares and pikas — in ...

I like to argue that adaptation is the engine that drives Mother Nature. In biology, adaptation is broken down into three different aspects. The first of the tri-aspects is that natural selection ...

Researchers conducting a study of the polar desert ecosystem surrounding Canadian Forces Station Alert (at the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada) tracked 25 Arctic hares to ...

The Arctic hare, one of the few mammal species present in the remarkably barren polar desert of Alert (Nunavut, Canada), is capable of moving over extended distances despite its relatively small size.

Look carefully to spot this creature, whose snow-white winter coat helps it blend in with its snowy environment. Find facts and more in this profile.