Mountain hare numbers on moorlands in the eastern Highlands have declined to less than one percent of their initial levels, according to a newly published long-term scientific study. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
If you live or spend time in the UK countryside it may have been some time since you spotted the native brown hare - if you've ever seen one at all. That's because the hare relies on an increasingly disappearing biodiverse landscape for its food. LAURA BRIGGS talks to the scientists behind a new study investigating what type of planting - including bioenergy crops - will help stop hare populations from continuing to decline