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 ...

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 ...

Come January 9, the least Peñasco Chipmunk will officially become an endangered species, thus closing off its habitat for any type of development or management. A bit late for comments, Lincoln County ...

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 ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Two years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed protecting a shrinking population of chipmunks ...

SILVER CITY, N.M.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed suit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to finalize Endangered Species Act protections for the Peñasco least ...

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 ...

The species has been something of a ghost in habitat burned by the fires that raged through Sonoma and Napa counties in 2017 and 2020. Sonoma chipmunks, a species found primarily in the North Bay, are ...

Interspecies interactions can affect how species are distributed, put constraints on habitat expansion, and reduce the fundamental niche of the affected species. Using logistic regression, we analyzed ...

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 ...

Jan. 2—An extra-small chipmunk found in southern New Mexico mountains will gain endangered species status and a critical habitat designation, boosting its chance at survival. The Peñasco least ...