Pet rabbits have higher levels of the stress hormone—corticosterone—and show activity rebound when kept in small hutches with restricted exercise, new research led by the University of Bristol Vet ...

The Prey Animal Problem Nobody Warns You About A rabbit's entire nervous system is built for one purpose: surviving predators ...

Rabbits can be affectionate companions. They are not, however, naturally predisposed to feel at ease around humans. In a laboratory setting, in particular, being approached and subsequently scruffed ...

The domestic rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, is descended from the European rabbit, which lives in large social groups and digs extensive warrens. Behavior problems include urine spraying, failure to ...

Eyeblink conditioning is a type of classical conditioning in which rabbits are trained to relate a conditioned stimulus (e.g., a light or tone) with an unconditioned stimulus (e.g., a puff of air to ...