Hareless: Yellowstone's rabbits have vanished, study says

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Jack rabbits like these have mysteriously vainished from Yellowstone a Wildlife Conservation Society study says. Credit: Joel BergerWildlife Conservation Society
Jack rabbits like these have mysteriously vainished from Yellowstone, a Wildlife Conservation Society study says. Credit: Joel Berger/Wildlife Conservation Society

A new study by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society found that jack rabbits living in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have apparently hopped into oblivion. The study, which appears in the latest issue of the journal Oryx, also speculates that the disappearance of jack rabbits may be having region-wide impacts on a variety of other prey species and their predators.


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