The cat-sized, butter-colored rodents live about 15 years on average, a much longer lifespan than what is expected for their size. Alan Vernon via Wikicommons/Flickr CC BY 2.0 When hibernating ...

The body temperature (Tb) of free-living alpine marmots rose with activity; the higher the effective environmental temperature ($T_{e}$), the higher the rise. Maximum ...

One may be the loneliest number for humans, but some mammals fare better when they are on their own. Take, for instance, the yellow-bellied marmot. As Douglas Quenqua reports for the New York Times, ...

The critically endangered Vancouver Island marmot is making quite the recovery, according to The Discourse. Twenty-two of these marmots were found in the wild in 2003, earning the title of Canada's ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The array of island-like mountains that characterizes the Great Basin has long been a model system for studying the effects of past and ...