Have you seen more critters hopping in your backyard this summer? You're not the only one. Here's what experts have to say ...

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 ...

In North Dakota, eastern cottontail rabbits generally are viewed as an incidental species – with a year-round season and no bag limit – but they’re the No. 1 game animal in the U.S.

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Eastern cottontails tend to use open fields, meadows, yards and other grassy areas. New England cottontails require large patches of shrubland or young forest, often called thickets, with dense, ...

Now with habitat loss, an Eastern cottontail with the disease could interact with an Appalachian cottontail, putting the entire population at risk, Shipley said.

The New England cottontail, a rabbit thatís native to New England and eastern New York, has seen a sharp decline in its numbers since the 1960s because of habitat loss. Itís often confused with ...

The Appalachian cottontail (Sylvilagus obscurus) is a charismatic high-elevation species of rabbit thought to be restricted to the Appalachian Mountains south of New York.

More information about the Eastern cottontail rabbit can be found on ODNR’s website. Reporter Emma Wozniak can be reached at ewozniak@dispatch.com, or @emma_wozniak_ on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Now with habitat loss, an Eastern cottontail with the disease could interact with an Appalachian cottontail, putting the entire population at risk, Shipley said.