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 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The yellow-bellied marmot is one of Montana’s most visible alpine mammals. Hikers will note the ...

SEQUIM — Meet one of Sequim’s newest residents: the yellow-bellied marmot. Spotted in late March along Sequim waters, the presence of the animal is a rarity, according to resource managers and experts ...

Seasonal diet selection in the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) was studied at two sites in Montana during 1991 and 1992. A linear programming model of optimal diet selection successfully ...

Social marmots die younger than their more withdrawn counterparts, according to scientists who studied yellow-bellied marmots for over a decade.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 ...

What if you were told there was a completely natural way to stop your body from aging? The trick: You’d have to hibernate from September to May each year. That’s what a team of UCLA biologists and ...

A curious yellow-bellied marmot crawled out from its hole in the riverbank to see what predator was making noise on July 19, 2021. The marmot need not worry, as the photographer was separated by a ...

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 ...

It’s not unusual to see yellow-bellied marmots while hiking in Montana. These large rodents can weigh about 3 to 5 pounds and measure more than 2 feet long. Early visitors to the West called them ...

If you’ve been fortunate enough to get up high this fall — traveling above tree line, that is — nature has treated you to an especially spectacular display of colors in the high-Alpine tundra. As your ...

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 ...