A rabbit runs across the fairway during the third round of The Estoril Open de Portugal The Oitavos Dunes Golf Course on April 5, 2008 in Cascais, Portugal. Stuart Franklin / Getty Images Aug. 7 ...

Outside of Mr. McGregor’s garden and in her own life, Beatrix Potter had a curious eye for the natural world around her. The idea of Peter Rabbit actually came from sketches and observations of her ...