“Peter Rabbit Had It Coming.” That was the title I gave to a chapter about garden pest control in a book I wrote many years ago. In fact, even as a child I rooted for Peter’s adversary, Mr. McGregor.

The New England cottontail was once so common that Massachusetts author Thornton Burgess adapted one named Peter for the children’s stories he penned a century ago. But the critter that inspired The ...

The New England cottontail is the more-petite version of the more common Eastern cottontail and the only native rabbit east of the Hudson River. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Here comes Peter ...

Did you hear about the rabbits who went on strike? They wanted a higher celery. Unfortunately, rabbits rarely go on hunger strike, and our flowerbeds, vegetable gardens and landscapes offer a ...

The grass is not that green for the New England cottontail rabbit anymore, as its habitat is disappearing — and if there is no intervention the Massachusetts famous rabbit could become extinct, ...

Spring has sprung. And Peter Cottontail, everyone’s favorite anthropomorphic rabbit, has been busy. On Saturday, Cottontail cruised through the city of Aiken with a smile on his face, a top hat wedged ...