Only highly specialized critters that have mastered this harsh environment live here such as the American pika (Ochotona princeps). The pika is an adorable fuzzy critter in the rodent family.

The American pika — a small, herbivorous, conspicuously cute mammal related to rabbits and hares — is adapted to the cold climate in high-elevation boulder fields and alpine meadows in the mountains ...

Why it's awesome: Central Siberia may be a harsh and challenging environment, but that doesn't stop the Turuchan pika from having ... Although wild animals sometimes appear to play while engaging ...