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 ...

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 ...

A warming climate will shrink and fragment mountain hare habitat in the Swiss Alps. Populations are likely to decline as a result. A warming climate will shrink and fragment mountain hare habitat in ...

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 ...

Mountain hare populations in some upland areas face "local extinction" despite promises to protect their numbers, conservationists have warned. Grouse shooting estates have previously promised ...

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 ...

A photograph of a mountain hare in its white winter colouring shows the effect mild temperatures and high winds have had on snow cover in Scotland's hills. The image was taken by a Scottish Avalanche ...