And atop those many high peaks, at an elevation at or just above the timberline in areas of talus and loose rock, lives what some contend is the continent's cutest mammal — the American pika.

The cute little pika ... the American pika. Weather data seem to indicate a warming trend on the planet, and there’s concern that effects of the increased heat will alter the living landscape.

The scene that evolved ended when she took the photograph that won Wildlife Photo of the Year ... of 10,050 feet. The landscape turns to rock, where the pika, a cute mouse-like critter, often ...

but that the rate of decline is quite variable across the western landscape," Beever said. For years, wildlife advocacy groups have requested that the American pika be added to the list of ...

When summer temperatures are too high, they are forced to stay underground. (Photo by Chris Ray) The American pika, a small mammal adapted to high altitudes and cold temperatures, has died out from a ...

The American pika — a small, herbivorous, conspicuously cute mammal related to rabbits and hares — is adapted to the cold climate in high-elevation boulder fields and alpine meadows in the mountains ...

If there were such a thing as a living, breathing barometer for climate change, it would probably be the American pika (Ochotona ... specific structures in their landscape,” she says.

Global warming is forcing the American pika up mountains and towards extinction. LOVELAND PASS, Colo., May 9, 2007 — -- Voted the second cutest animal in North America in a recent World ...

An American pika feeding on grass in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Photo via Wikimedia Commons ... microclimates in a seemingly unsuitable landscape.” American pikas inhabit an expansive ...

Tiny bunny "falling off the tops of mountains" because of climate change. Dec. 30, 2009 — -- The American pika-- tiniest member of the bunny family -- once was voted "3rd Cutest Animal in ...

The high-alpine rabbit relative, the American pika, does not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act, according to a ruling Thursday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The decision ...