SALT LAKE CITY — The American pika isn’t heading for the endangered species list, but federal scientists say there’s no question it bears watching if the West continues to warm. The U.S. Fish and ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Fish and Game Commission will vote Friday whether to accept a scientific petition filed by the Center for Biological Diversity to protect the American pika under the ...

Could this cute little pika disappear, a victim of climate change? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says no; the agency declined to place the mammal on the Endangered Species List last Friday. The ...

Editor’s Note: This article has updated to clarify that while most American pikas live in the cryosphere, there are populations known to live outside the cryosphere. A new study by the University of ...

A state panel has denied a petition to list the mountain-dwelling American pika, or rock rabbit, as a threatened or endangered species troubled by climate change. The 4-0 vote Thursday by the ...

Until recently, the American pika's population in Wyoming was a bit of a mystery. While there have been several targeted studies of pikas in the Cowboy State, previous research has been limited in ...

In the remote upper reaches of the Eastern Himalayas in Sikkim, India, scientists have discovered a new species of pika, a cute rabbit-like mammal. By analyzing the pika’s genetic data sampled from ...