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 ...

Two hares appear to high-five each other as they tussle in the snow in freezing conditions. Moments before their high five, one of the Arctic hares discovered a good source of food as it was digging ...

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 ...

When you see a hare in Finland, it’s likely to be a brown hare, also known as a European hare (Lepus europaeus). This second of the country’s two native hare species is shouldering out its smaller ...

When it comes to insulation, Arctic animals are famous for having bodies that keep them warm. Polar bears live and hunt mostly on sea ice in the Arctic Circle. This region has winters that reach -30°C ...