Mills» group previously found that winter
white snowshoe hares confronting snowless ground have higher mortality rates that could drive massive population declines as snow duration continues to decrease.
This image shows brown and
white snowshoe hares on bare ground at a University of Montana research facility.
Not exact matches
Removing their
white winter coat once kept
snowshoe hares hidden in spring, but as the snows melt earlier, they are increasingly exposed.
Snowshoe hares, all of them with vibrant
white fur, «were hopping about on fallen leaves that had no snow covering,» he wrote.