"It's not easy, it's not quick, but it is possible." Researchers stunned by unexpected resurgence of creature from brink of ...

Watch the Video Click here to watch on YouTube Have you ever seen marmots take a bath? This is an admittedly unusual sight, ...

The large rodent — also known as marmota vancouverensis — are threatened by habitat loss from climate change, logging, and predation, according to the federal government. In 2003, researchers could ...

Members of the squirrel family, marmots are mountain specialists, feeding on grasses lichens and seeds. To film Himalayan marmots we traveled to the edge of the Tibetan plateau in the province of ...

UCLA ecologist Dan Blumstein tracks a fluctuating population of the alpine rodents in Colorado that has been studied for more than 40 years. Kerry served as The Scientist’s news director until 2021.

SEATTLE— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect Olympic marmots under the Endangered Species Act. The rare marmots are found only ...