HAMPDEN, Mass. — In The Adventures of Peter Cottontail, the children's classic published 100 years ago, the title character offers this advice: "When you need a safe retreat/a briar patch cannot be ...

The New England cottontail was once so common that Massachusetts author Thornton Burgess adapted one named Peter for the children’s stories he penned a century ago. But the critter that inspired “The ...

“You may go into the fields or down the lane, but don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden. Your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.” From "The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” by ...

Claim to fame: Rabbit hunting is not as popular now as it was in the mid-1900s, but the cottontail is still a prominent game animal in much of Missouri. Missouri’s rabbit season runs from Oct. 1 ...

T he habitat of the New England cottontail is not a pleasant place to go for a walk. Our native cottontail, also known as a “brush rabbit,” prefers an environment with upwards of 20,000 small woody ...

You might want to get up early Easter Sunday morning. The bunny that hops into your home to drop off foil-wrapped chocolate eggs could be the New England cottontail, a species not often seen these ...

Over the centuries, the leaders of the christian church have made a habit of screwing around with the calendar in order to piggyback their own holidays on top of popular and long-standing Pagan ...