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Native to the Scottish Highlands, these color-changing mammals thrive in tough winter conditions. But now there’s less snow. A hare blends into a snowbank in Scotland’s Monadhliath Mountains. The ...

Mountain hare numbers on moorlands in the eastern Highlands have declined to less than one per cent of their initial levels, according to a long-term scientific study. Mountain hare numbers on ...

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Prize-winning image: Luca Lorenz's photo of a mountain hare in the Swiss Alps earned the grand prize in the German Society for Nature Photography's annual contest. Climate change threat: The hare’s ...