Maine – Critter Science https://critter.science Animal Facts and Education Wed, 05 Mar 2025 10:14:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-critter-science_logo_icon-32x32.jpg Maine – Critter Science https://critter.science 32 32 The New England Cottontail https://critter.science/the-new-england-cottontail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-england-cottontail https://critter.science/the-new-england-cottontail/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:00:34 +0000 https://critter.science/?p=20730 New England cottontail

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The New England cottontail, aka cooney, gray rabbit, brush rabbit, wood hare, or wood rabbit, looks very similar to the eastern cottontail. This species of rabbit has had its populations reduced by 86% since 1960. They unfortunately face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential […]

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]]> https://critter.science/the-new-england-cottontail/feed/ 0 The Lowly Lobster https://critter.science/the-lowly-lobster/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-lowly-lobster https://critter.science/the-lowly-lobster/#respond Fri, 21 Feb 2020 09:01:31 +0000 https://critter.science/?p=8850 lobster

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You might think that you’re a lobster aficionado, but there are a lot of things about this delicacy that you may not know. These creatures are so much more than a fancy, candle lit dinner. Lobsters also have the incredible ability to live what seems like forever. And believe it […]

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