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 ...

There are around 30 species of pika across the globe and, like their close relatives rabbits and hares, none of them hibernate. Instead, they see out the harsh winter months by feeding on a cache ...

Pika occupancy surveys targeted alpine habitats in the Bighorns and other mountain ranges around the state, including the ...