There are many factors involved in rabbit breeding that impact performance. In this evaluation of a Dutch Belted rabbit breeding colony, the environment, breeding techniques, and socialization all ...

Since we began raising rabbits on our homestead, the phrase “breeding like rabbits” has taken on a whole new meaning to us. I, like so many other rabbit breeders, had one heck of a time trying to ...

The Gates Foundation funds research on engineering new genetically modified-varieties of staple crops – including rice, sweet potatoes, and bananas – to contain higher amounts of vitamins and ...

She wanted to make candy-colored Easter Bunnies. Bonkers Brooklyn bunny hoarder Dorota Trec says she was keeping the creatures as part of a 16-year “genetic” breeding program — and would have made ...

The RSPCA is calling for tougher scrutiny of rabbit breeding practices. The call comes as part of Rabbit Awareness Week, which runs from June 23 to 27, and follows multiple cases of neglect involving ...

Sometimes success comes in the tiniest packages. Take the case of the , a species nearly extinct in 2002, when only 16 were known to exist in the wild. Biologists recently discovered that for the ...

The only surviving pair of endangered pygmy rabbits released as part of a program to increase their numbers in the wild have dodged coyotes, badgers, hawks and owls and found time for love. Proud ...

Many a times, farmers who want to buy rabbits from us only tell me they want ‘a big rabbit’. Apparently, most Kenyan farmers are not cognizant of the breed of rabbits they keep on their farm. The main ...