The American pika is disappearing — and you only care because it’s cute.

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By Cody PermenterAug 30, 2016, 11:41 am276 pts
New research in the Journal of Mammalogy adds to the heap of bad news for climate change’s most adorable mascot. Rising temperatures in the pikas’ habitat — specifically, the mountains of the western United States — are killing off more and more of them. In California, pikas had disappeared from 38…

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