The tiny pika, a relative of the rabbit ... they depend on and probably will shorten the foraging season for an animal that weighs just a third of a pound but collects more than 60 pounds of ...

If listed, the pika would have been the second animal to gain federal protection because of climate change. After court battles, the Bush administration in 2008 listed the polar bear as a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Up for a summertime game of I Spy? Well, you’re in luck because the Oregon Zoo is seeking volunteers to help spot American pikas living in the Columbia River Gorge.

People interested in that charismatic creature of the high country, the American pika, and perhaps in advancing ... She spent time this summer doing research in the La Sal Mountains outside ...

Federal officials have decided not to provide endangered species protections to the American pika, a tiny mountain-dwelling animal thought to be struggling because of warming temperatures.

saw her first pika at the age of 6. She hopes the project helps the animal survive. “I grew up in Colorado. I can remember the first time I saw a pika and the excitement I felt. They are a part ...

That sound? It could be a pika — a small, potato-shaped mammal closely related to rabbits, known for its high-pitched call and elusive nature. On a recent spring day at Horsetail Falls ...

The tiny Ili Pika, an eight-inch long rabbit-relative, is one of the world's most endangered animals with less than 1,000 animals believed to be left in its natural habitat. The Ili Pika ...

Native to a remote region of China, this tiny mammal, known as the Ili pika, doesn’t know it’s ... In 2008, the animal was listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation ...