The Oregon Zoo is calling on volunteers to help monitor the American pika as part of the Cascades Pika Watch program.

The Oregon Zoo is once again seeking volunteer pika watchers to scan Columbia River Gorge terrain for the tiny, squeaking mammals.

The Oregon Zoo is looking for help tracking “the Columbia River Gorge’s fluffiest resident,” the zoo announced Tuesday.

Reid Park Zoo and Mexico’s Huichol tribe collaborate to unveil new sculptures that aim to raise awareness about vanishing ...

Amy Hanes is a cultural anthropologist who studies conservation. As part of her research, she helped raise a chimpanzee ...

The 20th-century idea of an “American Dream” – where a sizable majority of people in the US could become or aspire to become middle-class, affluent or even extremely wealthy – is mostly ...

Elvers from the River Severn are being sent abroad as part of a conservation scheme. Researchers notice a change in songbird behaviour when noise interferes with their communication. The four cubs ...

Similar to the pika, the American pika is adapted to high-altitude environments and can be found in rocky areas throughout the park. Elk (Cervus canadensis) are highly adaptable animals. Image by ...

Aptly nicknamed the rock rabbit for its desire to live in shale rock faces, a Peachland wildlife photographer managed to find the mountain-loving pika in the Okanagan this weekend. American pika ...

Targeted conservation actions are essential to prevent wildlife extinctions, but more efforts are needed to fully recover biodiversity, according to a new study. Targeted conservation actions are ...

Conservation efforts are bringing species back from the brink, even as overall biodiversity falls Date: March 18, 2025 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: A major review of over 67,000 animal ...

However, conservation measures can be successful, if there is concrete evidence about what works. The researchers, led by the University of Cambridge with the IUCN, BirdLife International, and Oxford ...