Arctic hares have a keen sense of smell which makes it easy for them to locate food beneath the snow. (Photo: Cameron Boyes/Can Geo Photo Club) Highly adapted to living in the cold, the Arctic hare ...

Two hares appear to high-five each other as they tussle in the snow in freezing conditions. Moments before their high five, one of the Arctic hares discovered a good source of food as it was digging ...

Arctic hares can go the distance. A member of Lepus arcticus in northern Canada has traveled farther than anyone knew possible. BBYY, as the adult female was known, made a wild dash of more than 388 ...

Alaska has no wild rabbits. We only have hares: varying hares — we call them snowshoe hares — and Arctic hares. Arctic hares are the largest wild lagomorph — family of rabbits, hares and pikas — in ...

Average wt. 6-12 lb (2.7-5.4 kg); Average length 19"-25"(48-63 cm); Hind foot average 6" (15 cm); Ear length average 3" (7.6 cm). The arctic hare is the largest native hare in North America. In summer ...

The Arctic hare is a heavyweight in the hare family. Adults weigh, on average, 4 to 5 kg (9 to 11 lb.), and they are longer than 70 cm (23 in.) from the nose to the tip of the tail. Females tend to be ...