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 ...

A survey of mountain hares has been hailed as a success a year after they were made a protected species. Hillwalkers, bird and mammal surveyors, and other outdoor enthusiasts took part in a national ...

Breathtaking footage has captured the moment a golden eagle swoops in to snatch a mountain hare in its claws in the Scottish hills. The bird of prey, which can fly at an astounding 150mph, was fitted ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Evidence, not ideology should be the basis for any future legislation affecting Scotland mountain hare population, a land owners group says. Scottish Land and Estates (SLE) said care should be taken ...

Mountain hare numbers on Scottish grouse moors in the Highlands have fallen to less than one per cent of the 1950s level, according to a study that increased pressure on SNP ministers to clamp down on ...