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 ...

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 ...

EPHRATA, WASH. — Two groups of tiny, dark-eyed, salt-and-pepper rabbits were released in a sagebrush field in eastern Washington last week, raising the population of Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits in ...

For tens of thousands of years, Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits munched on olive-drab sagebrush, dug burrows in the deep volcanic soil and did what rabbits do best. But in recent decades, the animals ...

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 ...

SPOKANE, WA. -- An emergency effort to save endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits will get its first test next week. Scientists next Tuesday will release nearly two dozen of the animals back into ...

In today's release, the USFWS noted that ''the pygmy rabbit may warrant federal protection as a threatened or endangered species.'' The announcement relates to pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis) ...

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 ...

EPHRATA - It's Easter, but don't mention that famous egg-hiding bunny to pygmy rabbit savior Penny Becker. "This is all about conservation and recovery out here," Becker said last week at the ...

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 ...

Pygmy rabbits will remain an endangered species in Washington. The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission maintained the rabbits endangered status after reviewing a report finding the diminutive ...