The researchers filmed pikas and implanted them with temperature sensors. The team also injected the animals with water bearing a distinctive isotopic signature to assess their metabolic rate.

“They’re these cute, fun little animals that are usually found in alpine habitats,” said Johanna Varner, a biologist who studies pikas. But one special pika population lives in the lower ...

The project’s mission is to document and collect key information about pikas and their habitat, and to use that information to better understand how climate change could be threatening the ...

With high metabolic rates and thick fur, pikas are well adapted to the cold temperatures at high elevations, but these same adaptations make them vulnerable to global warming. (Photo by Joseph Stewart ...

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Pikas may be adorable, but their poop doesn't really have the same appeal — unless you're a biologist working to monitor the impact of climate change on one of Canada's most threatened ...

But the very adaptations that have allowed this species to survive make pikas extra sensitive to the changes wrought by global warming. Rising temperatures threaten pikas by shortening the period ...

After all, like other members of the lagomorph family, which includes hares and rabbits, pikas don’t hibernate. Instead, when the snow starts piling up on their high-top homes, pikas head for ...

Above 8,000 feet in Colorado, pikas — a tiny, furry animal with large mouse-like ears — can be seen and heard on hiking and rock-climbing trails. “When I’m up in the mountains, one of my ...

As we ascend toward mountain peaks, our ears might catch unfamiliar chirping or squeaking sounds. These curious sounds suggest the presence of some of the most popular alpine mammals: yellow-bellied ...

Oftentimes, pikas will let out an "eeep!" to alert other members of their colony that there is a nearby threat. (photo courtesy of Geneva Thompson) Glacier National Park Conservancy Director of ...