There was talk of a release this fall, but it seems unlikely there will be one before next fall. That of course depends on next year's breeding season, says Rachel Lamson, one of the Oregon Zoo rabbit ...

Small enough to fit in your hand, pygmy rabbits are the world’s smallest rabbit. They’re also the only North American rabbits who dig their own burrows. They need continuous expanses of sagebrush for ...

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" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pygmy rabbit, one of the world's smallest rabbit species. Photo credit: Morgan Heim Two conservation organizations filed suit in ...

EPHRATA -- The last male purebred Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit has died, leaving just two females in a captive breeding program created to try to save the endangered species from extinction. The tiny ...

Environmental groups filed a petition on Monday asking federal officials to add North America’s smallest rabbit to the endangered species list.