Climate change is also affecting the snowshoe hare’s ability to stay camouflaged. The hares molt twice a year, sporting a white coat in snowy winters and a brown one in summer.

Biologist Alexej Siren shows a set of snowshoe hare tracks in the snow in the White Mountains. The hares have very large paws to help them travel quickly over the snow.

Biologist Alexej Siren shows a set of snowshoe hare tracks in the snow in the White Mountains. The hares have very large paws to help them travel quickly over the snow. (Abagael Giles/Vermont Public) ...

For the snowshoe hare and the cottontail, this is not just imagination—it’s reality. These fascinating creatures illustrate ...

Let's investigate. In Canada, the Easter bunny could be a snowshoe hare, one of our most common forest mammals. Snowshoe hares like to blend in. (Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0) ...

Snowshoe hare, deer and animals you can’t identify can be followed by their footprints in the snow. I saw numerous tracks, including one animal, probably a deer, whose legs post-holed some 2 ...

Pauli says the white backdrop of snow cover is critical for the snowshoe hare — named for its large, snowshoe-shaped hind feet. The hares are brown much of the year, but they turn white in the ...

Unlike cottontails, snowshoe hares have the advantage of winter camouflage in the form of fur that turns white in the coldest months of the year. Well, we made it through another round of holidays!

A snowshoe hare in Canada. A snowless winter is particularly dangerous for animals that turn white for the season. (Karen Hogan/Getty Images/iStockphoto) Comment Gift Share Listen ...

The snowshoe hare is one of approximately 20 animals in the world that turn white in the winter, and it’s one that faces some serious concerns here in the Keystone State due to climate change ...

The snowshoe hare is widely distributed across northern North America, with Pennsylvania marking the southernmost end of its range in the Eastern United States. Photo courtesy Tim Rains/National ...

Become a Snowshoe Hare Cooperator The Game Commission also trying to better determine where snowshoe hares exist on the Pennsylvania landscape, and if they’re still turning all white in winter ...