Several environmental groups filed a petition seeking federal protection for the pygmy rabbit, a tiny ground-dwelling mammal that no occupies just 10% of its range across Utah and the Great Basin.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Meet the pygmy rabbit, the smallest of the species of rabbits and ...

A pygmy rabbit seeks shelter under sagebrush within a protective enclosure.The few hundred wild Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits are the descendants of 16 that were captured and bred by biologists.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. SALMON, Idaho — The hardships facing the pygmy rabbit of the ...

The pygmy rabbit is the world’s smallest rabbit and is threatened by livestock grazing, oil and gas extraction, invasive non-native grasses and wildfire. Center for Biological Diversity: BOISE, Idaho— ...

With Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits listed as endangered in 2003 and reintroduction activities underway in 2011, Gallie was in the right place at the right time.

Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits, which when grown weigh less than one pound, first were released in 2007 in the. Sagebrush Flat Wildlife Area, about 15 miles north of Ephrata, Wash.

YAKIMA — The bad news is there’s one lonely rabbit in Eastern Washington. The good news: Federal officials have released a plan for getting him some company.

EPHRATA — Pygmy rabbits are hopping along toward recovery in the wildlands of Douglas County. Winter surveys over the past few weeks have revealed a survival rate far greater than that of ...

Environmental groups filed a petition on Monday asking federal officials to add North America’s smallest rabbit to the endangered species list. Pygmy rabbits, which typically weigh less than a ...

Washington's pygmy rabbits live in shrubsteppe and eat sagebrush, both of which wildfires tend to burn quickly. A greater sage-grouse is photographed displaying in its natural, unburned habitat in ...