BOISE, Idaho— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced that the pygmy rabbit may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act. The pygmy rabbit is the world’s smallest rabbit and is ...

As Wyoming and Idaho researchers ponder unanswered questions about the world’s smallest lagomorph, the pygmy rabbit faces new ...

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WENATCHEE — “Sometimes you don’t apply for a job, a job applies for you,” said Jon Gallie, wildlife biologist for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), on how he became involved with ...

BEEZLEY HILLS PRESERVE, Grant County — Wildlife biologist Miranda Crowell hunches over the cold, cracked dirt of the Washington shrub-steppe to inspect a moist pellet that is central to her obsession ...

WENATCHEE -- Government agencies say it is still too early to tell whether the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit can survive without experimental crossbreeding. More of the adult rabbits survived ...

Small enough to fit in your hand, pygmy rabbits are the world’s smallest rabbit. They’re also the only North American rabbits who dig their own burrows. They need continuous expanses of sagebrush for ...

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 ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is planning to look for pygmy rabbits using drones over the next year. WDFW said in a news release Tuesday that its staff would fly drones over known ...

Jun. 3—OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking public comment on an updated recovery plan for pygmy rabbit populations in Central Washington. The "draft status report" ...

A number of rabbits died in an outbreak early this year, but that is thought to have been due to coronavirus infection. ''We euthanized Onyx earlier (clinically) than some of the other rabbits we've ...