Conservation groups Wednesday sent a formal notice of their intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to take steps to protect the pygmy rabbit, the world’s smallest rabbit, under ...

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 ...

Habitat for the pygmy rabbit, a furry denizen of the West’s sagebrush steppes, is in such rapid decline that the species warrants federal protection under the Endangered Species Act, several ...

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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 ...

EPHRATA - It's Easter, but don't mention that famous egg-hiding bunny to pygmy rabbit savior Penny Becker. "This is all about conservation and recovery out here," Becker said last week at the ...

A new gift of land to The Nature Conservancy, 282 acres near Quincy, will help secure a future for the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit. The land will become part of The Nature Conservancy’s ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

If I say the sky is purple and you say it’s blue, so I challenge you to prove it, what would you do? How do you prove something nobody has spent money studying because it’s never been questioned ...