Will Thompson/USGS The American pika (Ochotona princeps) is under serious threat from climate change, research shows. That assertion came just a year after University of Colorado ecologist Chris Ray determined that the American pika would be “extinct within the next 100 years” if current trends continue. Will Thompson/USGS The American pika, the smaller relative of rabbits and hares, is herbivorous. “We are aware that new research on the American pika has been recently released. Will Thompson/USGS The average life span of the American pika is the wild is about 3 years.

Source: Huffington Post October 27, 2016 13:50 UTC