The Leveret

The following is excerpted from a commentary in DNA magazine by Andrew Creagh. ____________________________ W hen our sisters in the...

“Running Hare” by Harriet Mead. The Society of Wildlife Artists notes : Animal and birds inspire Harriet’s work, an interest developed from ...

Image: “Running Hare” by Kary Fisher (limited edition screen print, 38 x 28 cm).

Here’s a second excerpt from Vittorio Lingiardi’s excellent book Men in Love: Male Homosexualities from Ganymede to Batman . For the fi...

Image: “Leaping Hare” (detail), Pontifical, Italy, c.1435-1440 (MS.28 f.135v).

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The Brown hare is thought to have moved eastwards from the steppes of Asia, as humans cleared the forests for farming during the Neolithic p...

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The hunted hare that runs in circles is usually a doe. If the hounds lose her scent she goes back to the place from which they started her. ...

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The larger wild birds of prey everywhere take their toll of hares. In Britain, Brown hares are at risk from the likes of hen harriers, buzz...