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 ...

The pygmy rabbits at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park were dying. Rapidly. On one visit to their pens at the wildlife preserve, about 95 km south of Seattle, they would be munching contentedly on fresh ...

In Washington State, the race is on to save a diminutive bunny as wildfires threaten its already shrinking habitat The Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit relies on sagebrush for food and shelter ...

SALT LAKE CITY— Conservation organizations submitted a petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today requesting protection of pygmy rabbits under the Endangered Species Act. The rabbits ...

Readers who have been following my linkurl:coverage of attempts to save the endangered pygmy rabbit;http://www.the-scientist.com/article/daily/53232/ may remember ...

As rabbits go, “cute and cuddly” is often the standard. But there is one rabbit that is considered to be “scientifically cute” — the smallest rabbit in the world, the pygmy rabbit.

only two rabbits dig their own burrows — one of them is smallest rabbit in the world: the pygmy rabbit. When it comes to reproduction, other rabbit mothers-to-be will scoop out a shallow nest in ...