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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A rare chipmunk species in the Sacramento Mountains in New Mexico was the latest conservationists accused the federal government of failing to protect despite its dwindling population and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 28—Two years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed protecting a shrinking population of chipmunks native to ...