When it snows in the night, I make sure to go out in the morning. There could be fresh tracks in the snow. A number of creatures sharing this place with me eschew daylight forays as uncalled-for ...

Two feet of snow on the ground and January’s temperatures can make for a difficult time with the local active winter wildlife. Despite this, the critters are adaptable and they are able to cope with ...

If we receive a fresh coating of snow overnight, look for cottontail rabbit tracks in the morning light. The cottontails seem to be the first animals out and about. They are active from early evening ...

The New England cottontail was once a common rabbit in southern and coastal Maine, ranging from Kittery to Belfast. But the population has declined dramatically over the years due to habitat loss, as ...

Years ago, when I lived in the coastal Maine town of York, my science class was involved in a New England cottontail project. These rabbits — the only rabbit species native to Maine and New Hampshire ...