Arctic hares have a keen sense of smell which makes it easy for them to locate food beneath the snow. (Photo: Cameron Boyes/Can Geo Photo Club) Highly adapted to living in the cold, the Arctic hare ...

Alaska has no wild rabbits. We only have hares: varying hares — we call them snowshoe hares — and Arctic hares. Arctic hares are the largest wild lagomorph — family of rabbits, hares and pikas — in ...

A sneak peak of a new episode of National Geographic's Incredible Animal Journeys shows two polar bear cubs exploring the outdoors for the first time Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has ...

Average wt. 6-12 lb (2.7-5.4 kg); Average length 19"-25"(48-63 cm); Hind foot average 6" (15 cm); Ear length average 3" (7.6 cm). The arctic hare is the largest native hare in North America. In summer ...

The Arctic hare is a heavyweight in the hare family. Adults weigh, on average, 4 to 5 kg (9 to 11 lb.), and they are longer than 70 cm (23 in.) from the nose to the tip of the tail. Females tend to be ...