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, ...

The Oregon Zoo needs volunteers to help find a rare animal in the Columbia River Gorge. Pikas [[ PIKE'-uhz ]] are normally found at high elevations, but there's a ...