On the U.S. federal endangered species list sits the Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, the smallest rabbit in the country that grows to less than 12 inches in length and weighs less than one pound. Though ...
Habitat for the pygmy rabbit, a furry denizen of the West’s sagebrush steppes, is in such rapid decline that the species warrants federal protection under the Endangered Species Act, several ...
Entire wildlife areas have been destroyed and endangered populations of animals gravely depleted by wildfires burning in Eastern Washington. Much of the area burned east of the mountains included ...
Under bright moonlight, with the help of a spotlight-like flashlight, Paula Clements scanned the hip-high sagebrush for a reflective orange flag, which marked the site of a pygmy rabbit burrow. “See ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials say they've decided to review whether to add 10 more species to the Endangered Species List. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday that ...
Reuel Janson first encountered the pygmy rabbit, North America's smallest rabbit species, as a youngster in the 1930s, hunting in the sagebrush desert near his home in Cedar City, Utah. Janson's ...
Feb. 23—GRANT COUNTY — Cutting through backroads of the Beezley Hills Preserve in February, about five miles north of Quincy, visitors might have to stop for a herd of 50 deer to cross. They also ...