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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Social marmots die younger than their more withdrawn counterparts, according to scientists who studied yellow-bellied marmots for over a decade.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

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 ...

If you’ve ever beheld the visage of musician Lenny Kravitz or actor Jennifer Aniston, you know that aging might not treat everyone equally (especially if you can afford eternal youth). This disparity ...

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 ...

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 ...

Flatiron Freddy swung in via gondola early Sunday morning and cast his shadow at Boulder’s Chautauqua Park in an annual Groundhog Day tradition. In contrast to the unusually balmy day, the stuffed, ...

PHOENIX — The yellow-bellied marmot with its high-pitched shriek is non-native to Arizona, but one ended up in Glendale hundreds of miles from home. A person called the Arizona Game and Fish ...

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 ...