/tags/pika Pika en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 29 Aug 2023 19:54:13 GMT /news/2023-08-29/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-new-ev-cash-for-clunkers-rebates-and-how-you-can-help-save-pikas The Colorado Sun co-founder and editor Larry Ryckman joined us to discuss an electric vehicle “cash for clunkers” program and how citizen scientists are helping save adorable wildlife. Tue, 29 Aug 2023 19:54:13 GMT /news/2023-08-29/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-new-ev-cash-for-clunkers-rebates-and-how-you-can-help-save-pikas Nikole Robinson Carroll /science/2021-07-12/colorado-pika-project-unites-hikers-scientists-to-monitor-alpine-critter Climate change is raising temperatures, changing weather patterns and causing droughts. It also impacts wildlife like the American pika by threatening its high mountain habitat in Colorado and other parts of the West, but a group of scientists and outdoor enthusiasts are trying to help. Mon, 12 Jul 2021 23:50:31 GMT /science/2021-07-12/colorado-pika-project-unites-hikers-scientists-to-monitor-alpine-critter Ashley Piccone /science/2018-07-13/whats-fluffy-squeaky-and-interbreeding-in-the-rockies-pikas Pikas are fluffy mammals that live at high altitudes across the West. They squeak when danger nears. The squeaky fluff-balls are considered indicators of… Fri, 13 Jul 2018 23:22:31 GMT /science/2018-07-13/whats-fluffy-squeaky-and-interbreeding-in-the-rockies-pikas Rae Ellen Bichell