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 ...

DESCRIPTION: The American pika is a small, herbivorous mammal with thick, light brown fur. It is about six to eight inches long and weighs four to six ounces. The animal is generally egg-shaped, with ...

The pika were obviously creatures of habit ... utterly unforgiving world. All those long winter months enduring brutal temperatures, with barely any daylight, while fierce storms batter the ...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is ramping up its surveys of wildlife in the state’s most remote reaches, including in ...