Yes, I admit it. I am a nut about nature. Not just the big amazing birds and animals such as eagles and bears, but the small critters too. I realized this (again) on my recent trip to Colorado. I had ...

Yes, I admit it. I am a nut about nature. Not just the big amazing birds and animals such as eagles and bears, but the small critters too. I realized this (again) on my recent trip to Colorado. I had ...

OK, OK. Technically, today is Groundhog Day. But since we live in Colorado, where there are no groundhogs, we might as well celebrate the holiday with our own lovable replacement rodent: the ...

An unusual study of an animal social network suggests that ending up as the butt of unfriendly interactions could be in part inherited. The study, in yellow-bellied marmots, gives the first look ...

After tracking yellow-bellied marmots during a span of 32 years, University of California-Los Angeles researchers determined the animals were emerging from their burrows about a month earlier than ...

A large yellow-bellied marmot has been spotted in Mill Valley — far from home. A relative of squirrels that lives in mountainous regions and is not native to Marin was seen earlier this month ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. In a new report published last week in the journal Nature, scientists ...

Social marmots die younger than their more withdrawn counterparts, according to scientists who studied yellow-bellied marmots for over a decade. The scientists spied on the marmots through binoculars ...

I am torn between donning my warrior’s armor or slipping on the robes of peace. We could become friends or foes, allowing give and take, although my fear is that I would do all the giving and they all ...

A new study shows that aging slows to a crawl when yellow-bellied marmots hibernate. These large ground squirrels are able to virtually halt the aging process during the seven to eight months they ...

Every year, scientists fan out across Colorado’s Upper East River Valley to count the yellow-bellied marmots that make their home in rocky meadows bordered by aspen, fir and spruce trees. Over the ...