EPHRATA, Wash. (AP) -- The last male purebred Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit has died, leaving just two females in a captive breeding program created to try to save the endangered species from extinction ...

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EPHRATA -- Wildlife officials Tuesday released 20 Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits that were raised in captivity to a sagebrush-covered area of central Washington where their ancestors roamed before ...

EPHRATA, Wash. — Wildlife experts are making one last effort to save the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, believed extinct in the wild since mid-2004. The pygmy rabbit is the smallest rabbit in ...

EPHRATA, Wash. — Now all they need is the rabbits. On a sprawling central Washington wheat farm, state and federal officials signed a landmark agreement Tuesday to create a ‘‘safe harbor’’ for ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - The federal government said today it will consider endangered species protection for the pygmy rabbit, which is struggling to survive in eight western states, including Wyoming. The U ...