Can pikas survive climate change after all?
When Andrew Smith hikes with his wife in the Sierra Nevada, he often wears a T-shirt with a picture of a pika on it. The image of the charismatic, rabbit-like ...
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Resources drive pika responses to climate
American pikas are considered to be particularly vulnerable to climate change due to the high alpine regions that many of them occupy. Biologists have believed that ...
Researchers find decades of climate change chased pikas to their demise
As mountaintop dwellers, American pikas (Ochotona princeps) are particularly susceptible to climate change, but recent research suggests a population in ...
In the face of climate change some animals can adapt behavior
In the face of climate change, animals have a few options for how they can react — they can move to a new area, adapt, acclimate or die. In a recent study ...
Western Section meeting includes pika consortium
The Western Section of The Wildlife Society’s Annual Meeting always includes numerous educational and professional development opportunities. The 2017 Annual ...
Pika listed as species of special concern
Canada has added the collared pika (Ochotona collaris) as a species of special concern under the Species at Risk Act. The collared pika, a small mammal related to ...