Missoulian: During the course of his study on snowshoe hares, Scott Mills snapped a photo of a white rabbit against a brown forest canopy.
It wasnt the only hare caught with a white coat in a forest void of snow, and it prompted a University of Montana research team to question the species ability to adapt to environmental shifts brought by climate change.
Mills, a professor in the University of Montanas College of Forestry and Conservation, aided by his team of researchers, recently published the findings...