As spring holidays approach, it is hard to escape all the cute little bunnies that pop up everywhere, whether fluffy stuffed ones or ...

There are several species of cottontail rabbit, but the eastern cottontail is the most ... Females give birth in shallow ground nests, to young so helpless that perhaps only 15 percent survive ...

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This is a baby cottontail rabbit called a kitten or a kittie ... This is one of the softest nests built by any animal, and the fur keeps her babies insulated from the ground.

"American rabbits [namely the common Eastern cottontail, pictured] can't dig... That's why you find their nests on the surface," McGrath continues, adding that the image of rabbits that can burrow ...

The eastern cottontail is a typical rabbit with long ears and hind legs ... and covers them with part of the nest lining before leaving. Females with litters usually remain within the vicinity of the ...