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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 9—A new gift of land to The Nature Conservancy, 282 acres near Quincy, will help secure a future for the endangered Columbia ...

Under bright moonlight, with the help of a spotlight-like flashlight, Paula Clements scanned the hip-high sagebrush for a reflective orange flag, which marked the site of a pygmy rabbit burrow. “See ...

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 ...

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 ...

BEEZLEY HILLS PRESERVE, Grant County — Wildlife biologist Miranda Crowell hunches over the cold, cracked dirt of the Washington shrub-steppe to inspect a moist pellet that is central to her obsession ...

WENATCHEE -- Government agencies say it is still too early to tell whether the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit can survive without experimental crossbreeding. More of the adult rabbits survived ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is planning to look for pygmy rabbits using drones over the next year. WDFW said in a news release Tuesday that its staff would fly drones over known ...

Jun. 3—OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking public comment on an updated recovery plan for pygmy rabbit populations in Central Washington. The "draft status report" ...

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Good news for pygmy rabbits Finally, after years of dwindling populations and a deadly outbreak in February and March, there may be some good news for Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits.

A new gift of land to The Nature Conservancy, 282 acres near Quincy, will help secure a future for the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit. The land will become part of The Nature Conservancy’s ...