BOISE, Idaho— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced that the pygmy rabbit may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act. The pygmy rabbit is the world’s smallest rabbit and is ...

a pygmy rabbit researcher with the University of Nevada, Reno. “They appear to be declining and less able to recover because of the continued degradation and fragmentation of the sagebrush steppe.” ...

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Deputy Editor Ivan Oransky traveled to Washington and Oregon to learn more about the challenges that vets and others are facing in their efforts to save the endangered pygmy rabbit. (To view this ...

As rabbits go, “cute and cuddly” is often the standard. But there is one rabbit that is considered to be “scientifically cute” — the smallest rabbit in the world, the pygmy rabbit.

In North America, only two rabbits dig their own burrows — one of them is smallest rabbit in the world: the pygmy rabbit. When it comes to reproduction, other rabbit mothers-to-be will scoop out ...

The pygmy hippo was born weighing 15.4 lbs. on Feb. 19 at Attica Zoological Park in Athens, Greece Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers ...

The little Netherland Dwarf bunny shown above is a pet, so it does not rely on its sense of smell in the same way wild rabbits do. However, rabbits predominantly interact with the world through scent.