Fumika Takahashi recalled a gray January day when she set out to rescue rabbits. The federal wildlife biologist kayaked along the lower San Joaquin River, which had risen close to the treetops. She ...

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 ...

NORTHERN RED DESERT—Ilaria Bacchiocchi cracked a smile as she explained the nontechnical term her research crews use for the tiny cylinder of digested sagebrush resting in her palm. “Fresh out the ...

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Shope papillomavirus causes the alarming horn-like growths on US rabbits. It poses no risk to humans, but pet rabbit owners ...

A government wildlife researcher says he's found that rabbits and skunks can become infected with the bird flu virus and shed it enough to infect ducks, evidence that small mammals could contribute to ...

QUINCY, Wash. (AP) — Officials have captured 33 endangered pygmy rabbits that survived a wildfire in central Washington state and moved them to other breeding sites. Biologist John Gallie with the ...