Native to the Scottish Highlands, these color-changing mammals thrive in tough winter conditions. But now there’s less snow. A hare blends into a snowbank in Scotland’s Monadhliath Mountains.

Mountain hares are Scotland's only native hare and an important species in the Scottish hills. They are classified as near-threatened in Scotland on the Red List of Mammal Species in the United ...

Duncan Orr Ewing, Head of Species and Land Management at RSPB Scotland said: "The mountain hare is a keystone native species of the Scottish uplands. This authoritative research suggests that we ...

Humans might be wowing the world with their icy stunts and blistering speed on snow at the Winter Olympics. But Britain’s only arctic animal is perfectly built for racing down snowy slopes and ...

The Scottish government has granted mountain ... grouse moors and this includes the mass killing of this iconic mountain hare. The intensive management of grouse moors in Scotland, it would ...

The Scottish Mountain hare is becoming more exposed due to a lack of snow in its environment A new study claims that the Scottish mountain hare is becoming less camouflaged because climate change ...

The Scottish mountain hare may not have the same profile as the golden eagle or the red squirrel but it is increasingly becoming the subject of wildlife pictures. It’s also the focus of The ...

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?

The Scottish Parliament is to be lobbied on Thursday by members of the public who want to see an end to culling and hunting of Scotland's iconic mountain hare. Sign up to our Scotsman Rural News ...

Since utilising a new counting methodology developed in Scotland, researchers have found mountain hare numbers to be five times higher than previous estimates. The new methodology – developed by GWCT ...

The Scottish government said it was important that hare numbers were controlled An animal charity has called on the Scottish government to impose a ban on mountain hare culling on grouse moors.

The report, published by Scottish Natural Heritage ... managed for grouse shooting provides the best habitat for mountain hare. On prime habitat in the eastern Highlands, the agency estimates ...