Mountain hares are built for snow. That may become a problem.
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. The United Kingdom’s only native lagomorph trades its mouse brown summer coat for a pale winter pelage each year.
ByCal Flyn
Photographs ByAndy Parkinson
Published February 14, 2023
• 8 min read
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