Rodents & Lagomorphs

Hares, pikas, red squirrels, parka squirrels, marmots, beavers

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231A1210.CR3 - 6/10/25 - A snowshoe hare hops over a willow shrub at the edge of an Interior Alaska meadow.

231A1210.CR3 - 6/10/25 - A snowshoe hare hops over a willow shrub at the edge of an Interior Alaska meadow.

231A7854.CR3_crop - 8/18/25 - A snowshoe hare hangs out on a gravel trail in Alaska's Denali National Park.

231A7854.CR3_crop - 8/18/25 - A snowshoe hare hangs out on a gravel trail in Alaska's Denali National Park.

231A5954.CR3 - 5/17/25 - DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION: A snowshoe hare pauses in its summer coat near the Alaska Highway in western Yukon, Canada.

231A5954.CR3 - 5/17/25 - DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION: A snowshoe hare pauses in its summer coat near the Alaska Highway in western Yukon, Canada.

231A5612.CR3 - 5/17/25 - A snowshoe hare in springtime pelage pauses while feeding near the Donjek River in western Yukon, Canada.

231A5612.CR3 - 5/17/25 - A snowshoe hare in springtime pelage pauses while feeding near the Donjek River in western Yukon, Canada.

231A5504.CR3 - 5/17/25 - A snowshoe hare pauses from feeding on spring shoots to scan its surroundings for danger.

231A5504.CR3 - 5/17/25 - A snowshoe hare pauses from feeding on spring shoots to scan its surroundings for danger.

231A5572.CR3 - 5/17/25 - A snowshoe hare in summer pelage peeks over fresh grass one evening near the Donjek River in Yukon, Canada.

231A5572.CR3 - 5/17/25 - A snowshoe hare in summer pelage peeks over fresh grass one evening near the Donjek River in Yukon, Canada.

231A5777.CR3 - 5/17/25 - A snowshoe hare in springtime pelage pauses while feeding near the Donjek River in western Yukon, Canada.

231A5777.CR3 - 5/17/25 - A snowshoe hare in springtime pelage pauses while feeding near the Donjek River in western Yukon, Canada.

231A5625.CR3 - 5/17/25 - A snowshoe hare in springtime pelage pauses while feeding near the Donjek River in western Yukon, Canada.

231A5625.CR3 - 5/17/25 - A snowshoe hare in springtime pelage pauses while feeding near the Donjek River in western Yukon, Canada.

231A1001.CR3 - 6/10/25 - A snowshoe hare preens in a sunbeam on an Interior Alaska trail.

231A1001.CR3 - 6/10/25 - A snowshoe hare preens in a sunbeam on an Interior Alaska trail.

231A6276.CR3 - 5/18/25 - DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION: A snowshoe hare pauses in its summer coat near the Alaska Highway in western Yukon, Canada.

231A6276.CR3 - 5/18/25 - DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION: A snowshoe hare pauses in its summer coat near the Alaska Highway in western Yukon, Canada.

231A5805.CR3 - 5/17/25 - A snowshoe hare pauses from feeding on spring shoots to scan its surroundings for danger.

231A5805.CR3 - 5/17/25 - A snowshoe hare pauses from feeding on spring shoots to scan its surroundings for danger.

231A6243.CR3 - 5/18/25 - DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION: A snowshoe hare pauses in its summer coat near the Alaska Highway in western Yukon, Canada.

231A6243.CR3 - 5/18/25 - DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION: A snowshoe hare pauses in its summer coat near the Alaska Highway in western Yukon, Canada.

3U7A5821.CR3 - 10/29/23 - With winter's first snowfall running late, a snowshoe hare's white coat stands out starkly against a snowless background.

3U7A5821.CR3 - 10/29/23 - With winter's first snowfall running late, a snowshoe hare's white coat stands out starkly against a snowless background.

231A6243_cropped.CR3 - A snowshoe hare pauses in its summer coat near the Alaska Highway in western Yukon, Canada.

231A6243_cropped.CR3 - A snowshoe hare pauses in its summer coat near the Alaska Highway in western Yukon, Canada.

3U7A6938.CR3 - 4/24/23 - A snowshoe hare pauses among melting snow patches on an early spring day in Southcentral Alaska.

3U7A6938.CR3 - 4/24/23 - A snowshoe hare pauses among melting snow patches on an early spring day in Southcentral Alaska.

231A5635.CR3 - 5/17/25 - A snowshoe hare nibbles fresh spring shoots near the Donjek River in western Yukon, Canada.

231A5635.CR3 - 5/17/25 - A snowshoe hare nibbles fresh spring shoots near the Donjek River in western Yukon, Canada.

3U7A5145.CR3 - 4/12/23 - A Southcentral Alaska snowshoe hare, turning from winter white to summer-brown pelage, peeks curiously over a snowbank.

3U7A5145.CR3 - 4/12/23 - A Southcentral Alaska snowshoe hare, turning from winter white to summer-brown pelage, peeks curiously over a snowbank.

231A7854.CR3 - 8/18/25 - A snowshoe hare hangs out on a gravel trail in Alaska's Denali National Park.

231A7854.CR3 - 8/18/25 - A snowshoe hare hangs out on a gravel trail in Alaska's Denali National Park.

231A7577.CR3 - 7/27/25 - A snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) takes a break from nibbling minerals from roadside gravel in Interior Alaska. Hares sometimes find beneficial salt, magnesium and other minerals in roadside gravel.

231A7577.CR3 - 7/27/25 - A snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) takes a break from nibbling minerals from roadside gravel in Interior Alaska. Hares sometimes find beneficial salt, magnesium and other minerals in roadside gravel.

231A7614.CR3 - 7/27/25 - A snowshoe hare pauses in a meadow bordering a gravel road in Interior Alaska.

231A7614.CR3 - 7/27/25 - A snowshoe hare pauses in a meadow bordering a gravel road in Interior Alaska.

231A7604.CR3 - 7/27/25 - A snowshoe hare pauses in a meadow bordering a gravel road in Interior Alaska.

231A7604.CR3 - 7/27/25 - A snowshoe hare pauses in a meadow bordering a gravel road in Interior Alaska.

231A7508.CR3 - 7/27/25 - A snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) takes a break from nibbling minerals from roadside gravel in Interior Alaska. Hares sometimes find beneficial salt, magnesium and other minerals in roadside gravel.

231A7508.CR3 - 7/27/25 - A snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) takes a break from nibbling minerals from roadside gravel in Interior Alaska. Hares sometimes find beneficial salt, magnesium and other minerals in roadside gravel.

231A7079.CR3 - 7/27/25 - A snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) with one injured eye approaches the camera.

231A7079.CR3 - 7/27/25 - A snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) with one injured eye approaches the camera.

231A6789.CR3 - 7/27/25 - Snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) nibble minerals from roadside gravel in Interior Alaska. Hares sometimes find beneficial salt, magnesium and other minerals in roadside gravel.

231A6789.CR3 - 7/27/25 - Snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) nibble minerals from roadside gravel in Interior Alaska. Hares sometimes find beneficial salt, magnesium and other minerals in roadside gravel.

231A7837.CR3 - 8/18/25 - A snowshoe hare hangs out on a gravel trail in Alaska's Denali National Park.

231A7837.CR3 - 8/18/25 - A snowshoe hare hangs out on a gravel trail in Alaska's Denali National Park.

231A7899.CR3 - 8/18/25 - A snowshoe hare hangs out on a gravel trail in Alaska's Denali National Park.

231A7899.CR3 - 8/18/25 - A snowshoe hare hangs out on a gravel trail in Alaska's Denali National Park.

3U7A7995.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika sits alert in an alpine club-moss garden in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A7995.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika sits alert in an alpine club-moss garden in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A6969.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika pauses while on alert in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A6969.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika pauses while on alert in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A6939.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika pauses on a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains with its harvest of wild grasses.

3U7A6939.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika pauses on a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains with its harvest of wild grasses.

3U7A6752.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika surveys its territory from atop a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A6752.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika surveys its territory from atop a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A5362.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika sits alert atop a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A5362.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika sits alert atop a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A5399.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika scans its high-country territory from atop a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A5399.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika scans its high-country territory from atop a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A5438.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika sits alert atop a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A5438.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika sits alert atop a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A6115.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika pauses in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains with its low-bush cranberry sprig harvest.

3U7A6115.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika pauses in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains with its low-bush cranberry sprig harvest.

3U7A6191.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika stands alert atop a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A6191.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika stands alert atop a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A6266.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika faces a possible threat from atop a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A6266.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika faces a possible threat from atop a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A9129.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika surveys its territory from atop a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A9129.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A collared pika surveys its territory from atop a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

231A2062.CR3 - 7/2/25 - A pika stands lookout on a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

231A2062.CR3 - 7/2/25 - A pika stands lookout on a boulder in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

231A2958.CR3 - 7/2/25 - A Talkeetna Mountains pika peers over a boulder to make sure the coast is clear.

231A2958.CR3 - 7/2/25 - A Talkeetna Mountains pika peers over a boulder to make sure the coast is clear.

3U7A0193.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A hoary marmot stands lookout from a boulder near its den in Southcentral Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A0193.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A hoary marmot stands lookout from a boulder near its den in Southcentral Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A0215_2.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A hoary marmot stands lookout from a boulder near its den in Southcentral Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A0215_2.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A hoary marmot stands lookout from a boulder near its den in Southcentral Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A9955.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A hoary marmot stands lookout from a boulder near its den in Southcentral Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

3U7A9955.CR3 - 8/21/23 - A hoary marmot stands lookout from a boulder near its den in Southcentral Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

231A1961.CR3 - 7/2/25 - A hoary marmot stands lookout from a boulder near its den in Southcentral Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

231A1961.CR3 - 7/2/25 - A hoary marmot stands lookout from a boulder near its den in Southcentral Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

231A2034.CR3 - 7/2/25 - A hoary marmot stands lookout from a boulder near its den in Southcentral Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

231A2034.CR3 - 7/2/25 - A hoary marmot stands lookout from a boulder near its den in Southcentral Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains.

231A5677_2.CR3 - 7/26/25 - A beaver (Castor canadensis) started down the viewer from this water-level, nose-to-nose view.

231A5677_2.CR3 - 7/26/25 - A beaver (Castor canadensis) started down the viewer from this water-level, nose-to-nose view.

231A6229.CR3 - 7/26/25 - A beaver (Castor canadensis) seen paddling at eye-level hopes about its business in an Interior Alaska pond.

231A6229.CR3 - 7/26/25 - A beaver (Castor canadensis) seen paddling at eye-level hopes about its business in an Interior Alaska pond.

231A6402.CR3 - 5/6/25 - A beaver (Castor canadensis) pauses in a Southcentral Alaska/Copper River Delta pond.

231A6402.CR3 - 5/6/25 - A beaver (Castor canadensis) pauses in a Southcentral Alaska/Copper River Delta pond.

231A6424.CR3 - 5/6/25 - A beaver (Castor canadensis) paddles along in a Southcentral Alaska/Copper River Delta pond.

231A6424.CR3 - 5/6/25 - A beaver (Castor canadensis) paddles along in a Southcentral Alaska/Copper River Delta pond.

231A6060.CR3 - 7-26-25 - A beaver (Castor canadensis) goes about its business in a pond off Alaska's Denali Highway.

231A6060.CR3 - 7-26-25 - A beaver (Castor canadensis) goes about its business in a pond off Alaska's Denali Highway.

231A5782.CR3 - 7/26/25 - A beaver (Castor canadensis) approaches warily at eye level in a pond off Alaska's Denali Highway.

231A5782.CR3 - 7/26/25 - A beaver (Castor canadensis) approaches warily at eye level in a pond off Alaska's Denali Highway.

3U7A4585-3.CR3 - 6/17/23 - An Arctic ground squirrel, sometimes called "parka squirrel" by Alaska Natives who have traditionally used the squirrels' skins for clothing, pauses near its burrow.

3U7A4585-3.CR3 - 6/17/23 - An Arctic ground squirrel, sometimes called "parka squirrel" by Alaska Natives who have traditionally used the squirrels' skins for clothing, pauses near its burrow.

3U7A4592.CR3 - 6/17/23 - An Arctic ground squirrel, sometimes called "parka squirrel" by Alaska Natives who have traditionally used the squirrels' skins for clothing, pauses near its burrow.

3U7A4592.CR3 - 6/17/23 - An Arctic ground squirrel, sometimes called "parka squirrel" by Alaska Natives who have traditionally used the squirrels' skins for clothing, pauses near its burrow.

231A0673.CR3 - 12/4/23 - A red squirrel nibbles a spruce cone on a cold winter day along Alaska's Turnagain Arm.

231A0673.CR3 - 12/4/23 - A red squirrel nibbles a spruce cone on a cold winter day along Alaska's Turnagain Arm.

3U7A3656.CR3 - 10/18/23 - A red squirrel pauses with its favorite food, a spruce cone.

3U7A3656.CR3 - 10/18/23 - A red squirrel pauses with its favorite food, a spruce cone.

3U7A3745.CR3 - 10/18/23 - A red squirrel prepares to dash up a spruce tree in Southcentral Alaska's Kincaid Park.

3U7A3745.CR3 - 10/18/23 - A red squirrel prepares to dash up a spruce tree in Southcentral Alaska's Kincaid Park.

3U7A3722.CR3 - 10/18/23 - A red squirrel looks on curiously from its white spruce perch in Southcentral Alaska's Kincaid park.

3U7A3722.CR3 - 10/18/23 - A red squirrel looks on curiously from its white spruce perch in Southcentral Alaska's Kincaid park.