You’ve heard the phrase ‘Mad as a March hare’, right? Well, it might have to be revisited soon, with warmer winter weather sending March hares mad – in February. In northern Scotland, one of the first ...

More mountain hares have been counted on moorland managed for grouse shoots than unmanaged moorland, gamekeepers and landowner groups have claimed. They are using new methodology to assess numbers of ...

According to a recent research collaboration between the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), mountain hare populations in the Scottish Highlands ...

A WILDLIFE photographer challenged nature lovers to spot a sneaky mountain hare hiding in the snow-covered Scottish Highlands leaving some so baffled they gave up - but can you spot it? Andy Howard ...

A survey of mountain hares has been hailed as a success a year after they were made a protected species. Hillwalkers, bird and mammal surveyors, and other outdoor enthusiasts took part in a national ...

About 2,500 of the creatures were previously estimated to be in the area. Research by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) said numbers may be higher. However conservationists, who have ...

Bringing to life spectacles of natural wonder on our doorstep There’s no evidence of Brown Hares (Lepus europaeus) living in the UK before Roman times and it has been suggested that the Romans ...