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 ...
The primary difference between chipmunk and squirrel species lies in their habitat and storage strategy. Squirrels are the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
From Alvin and the Chipmunks to Disney’s Chip and Dale, cartoonists have characterized chipmunks as one of nature’s most lovable rodents. Here are 11 illuminating facts about what their real-life ...
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 ...
With its impressive size, specialized habitats, closeness to the Mexican subtropics, and mix of ecoregions, New Mexico is an extremely biodiverse state, brimming with roughly 4,583 known species of ...
Dec. 28—Two years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed protecting a shrinking population of chipmunks native to Southern New Mexico, that protection is coming. The federal agency earlier ...