Snowshoe hare numbers rise and fall dramatically in a regular cycle of eight to 10 years. A year or two later, Canada lynx numbers follow. This enduring relationship is borne out by Indigenous ...

Colorado biologists are speculating that a natural up-and-down cycle in snowshoe-hare population may be a key factor in the lack of lynx kitten births the past two years.The Colorado.

Colorado's $3.5 million lynx-reintroduction effort was started before basic research was undertaken on the availability of its main prey, snowshoe hares, scientists now acknowledge after no new ...

Lynx run-ins are likely on the rise because populations of their favorite prey, the snowshoe hare, are at their peak.Hares experience a natural boom-and-bust population cycle that can last between ...

Hares seem to exist just to be a food source. Many times, they are white before snow falls, and when that happens, they become white targets in the black spruce and willow thickets.

VAIL One need not be racing a snowmobile through the woods to disrupt wildlife. Skiers and snowboarders are being asked to respect wildlife closures in areas accessible from Vail Mountain to protect ...

Tom Hanks takes us inside the life and death drama of snowshoe hares and the Canada lynx. The Americas Explained: Snowshoe Hares, Masters of the Frozen Forest in the Yukon Skip to main content ...

Lynx will eat squirrels and other small forest creatures when they can get them, but their principal diet is the snowshoe hare. The wildcats go where the rabbits go, and their populations rise and ...

“Lynx management and snowshoe hare habitat are synonymous,” Partyka said. “Ninety-two percent of lynx food base comes from the hare. What the management direction did, ...

Over the five years of our study in the Yukon’s Kluane region, we collected over 14,000 hours of audio recordings from 26 individual lynx. After using various methods of data processing, we were ...

Lynx reintroduction program hindered by lack of hare researchBiologists say more research is needed on key prey speciesBy Bob Berwynsummit daily newsSummit County, CO ColoradoEmail Print ...