Imagine a world where the very ground beneath your feet dictates your chances of survival. For the snowshoe hare and the ...

They also have a snow-white winter coat that turns brown when the snow melts ... and even some birds of prey hunt this wary hare. Like most hares (and rabbits), snowshoe hares are prolific breeders.

An international scientific team led by UM Associate Professor Jeffrey Good and graduate student Matthew Jones set out to discover how snowshoe hares ... Northwest retain brown fur year-round.

The snowshoe hare occurs from the treeline of North America south into ... Each newborn weighs about 82 g (2.9 oz), and measures 10.5 cm (4 in). Young hares (leverets) are brown, grizzled with black, ...