The American pika — a small, herbivorous, conspicuously cute mammal related to rabbits and hares — is adapted to the cold climate in high-elevation boulder fields and alpine meadows in the mountains ...

The word pika comes from the name used by the Tunguses tribe in northeast Siberia. American pikas have historically also been referred to by such common names as cony, rock rabbit, mouse hare, ...

Related to rabbits and hares and adapted to high-elevation habitat, the American pika faces a bleak future as temperatures rise and snow cover disappears 8 Mind-Boggling Facts About the Octopus ...

It offers a snapshot into life during the Ice Age and is home to a tiny relic of those times – the collared pika. This species is hardier than its more common cousin the American pika and ...