PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Pika enthusiasts have reason to celebrate this season, as new survey data from Cascades Pika Watch shows numbers of the potato-sized mammals — and the volunteers trained to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- In the wake of the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire, conservationists were relieved to learn that one of the Columbia Gorge’s fluffiest residents — the American pika — was still ...

The Colorado Pika Project on the White River National Forest is back for its fourth summer, giving local hikers the opportunity to help scientists understand the impacts of climate change on the ...

The heroically durable American pika appears to be making a comeback as it faces down such existential challenges as wildfire and climate change. And that’s a whole lot to face down for a creature as ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Those looking to help track “the Columbia River Gorge’s fluffiest resident” are in luck, as the Oregon Zoo is seeking pika watchers for the summer season. The zoo describes ...

If you love spending time outside with a pair of binoculars, spying on adorable little critters, then this is the job for you. The Oregon Zoo is once again seeking volunteer pika watchers to scan ...

Erika Anderson is sitting in silence on a rocky talus slope just off the McKenzie River Trail, scanning the landscape with binoculars. In the distance, a small squeak, like the sound of a dog toy, ...

Amid an alpine landscape of rocks and boulders, it sounded as though somebody was hiding in a crevice and squeezing a squeak toy. A wildlife photographer from Berkeley, Jen Joynt, tuned in to the ...