Degradation of sagebrush habitat and a lack of information on current status motivated a petition to list the pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered ...

The announcement relates to pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis) outside of the Columbia River basin; the rabbits within that basin are already covered. ''The finding does not mean that the Service ...

EPHRATA — Wildlife experts are making one last effort to save the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, believed extinct in the wild since mid-2004. The pygmy rabbit is the smallest rabbit in North ...

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 ...

One of the world's smallest rabbits has been designated as an endangered species, but a biologist said federal protection may have come too late to save it. The Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit is found in ...

Eight endangered pygmy rabbits from an Oregon Zoo captive-breeding program will be released into the wild Tuesday in central Washington. The animals, equipped with radio collars, will be set free with ...

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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 ...

Nov. 7—QUINCY — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will add drones to its list of tools to monitor pygmy rabbit populations in Central Washington. Drone flights will start in December and ...

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 ...