SUMMIT COUNTY – Responding to citizen petitions and lawsuits by environmental groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week announced it will consider adopting strict protections for 29 plant ...

SALT LAKE CITY ” Climate change may be threatening a tiny mountain-dwelling mammal and endangered species protections may be needed to ensure its survival, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said ...

EASY PASS, North Cascades National Park — Pikas don’t ask much. With brave squeaks, belted out from atop their rock piles, they defend their realm in the talus slopes way up here in the mountains, ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- The American pika -- a short-legged, hamster-sized fur ball that huddles in high mountain slopes -- isn't built for long-distance travel. So as the West's climate warms, the tiny ...

This article was original published in The Denver Post on January 14, 2008. The “canary in the coal mine” on global warming when it comes to the mountains may very well be a hamster-like creature that ...

Hikers in the Rocky Mountain West have a new tool to help scientists monitor pikas, animals known for looking a bit like stuffed animals and loudly squeaking whenever someone invades their alpine ...

WLS Photo CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Ili pika, a rare mammal discovered in China, has a face like a teddy bear and ears like a bunny. The adorable animal is also endangered. Fewer than 1,000 Ili pikas may ...

SALT LAKE CITYSALT LAKE CITY — Climate change may be threatening a tiny mountain-dwelling mammal and endangered species protections may be needed to ensure its survival, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the American pika -- a hamster-sized mammal of the West that some worry is threatened by global warming -- may need federal protections.

SALT LAKE CITY—A tiny mammal that can’t handle warm weather could become the first animal in the lower 48 states to get Endangered Species Act protection primarily because of climate change. The U.S.