Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 2—An extra-small chipmunk found in southern New Mexico mountains will gain endangered species status and a critical habitat ...

Listen to Short Wave on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Kwasi Wrensford describes the genus Neotamius as "elfin": skittish little squirrel-cousins with angular faces, pointy ears and ...

This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) issued three separate notices in the Federal Register concerning the agency’s 12-month findings on a number of petitions to list various wildlife ...

One of the few mammals unique to California is also one of the most threatened by climate change. The alpine chipmunk only lives in California, and its habitat is shrinking. The alpine chipmunk, found ...

Backpacking scientists from UC Berkeley have gathered compelling evidence that the warming High Sierra climate is pushing still another animal species to seek cooler habitats amid the higher regions ...

A chipmunk native to the Sacramento Mountains in southern New Mexico could be nearing extinction and the federal government hoped to step in. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week recommended ...

The number of least chipmunk subspecies. The number of acres designated critical habitat for the Peñasco least chipmunk. An extra-small chipmunk found in southern New Mexico mountains will gain ...