Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons.

A 22m-tall lantern in the shape of a robot rabbit is to be the centerpiece of the Taiwan Lantern Festival to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit, the Tourism Bureau said yesterday. The Year of the Rabbit ...

“The rabbits didn’t fare well,” said Robert McCleery, a UF professor of wildlife ecology and conservation who is leading the robot bunny study that launched this summer.