SPOKANE – An emergency effort to save endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits will get its first test next week when state and federal scientists release nearly two dozen of the animals back into ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A dwindling population of rabbits, isolated in Washington since the ice age, may need help from Idaho relatives to survive. With no nearby relatives for recolonization, scientists are considering ...

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 ...

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 ...

In today's release, the USFWS noted that ''the pygmy rabbit may warrant federal protection as a threatened or endangered species.'' The announcement relates to pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis) ...

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 ...