The Olympic marmot is endemic to the Olympic Peninsula — it is found nowhere else in the world. Now, the federal government ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that a petition to list the Olympic marmot under the Endangered Species Act ...

Fish and Wildlife considering listing them as endangered ...

"A couple of colonies there that we really had not anticipated persisting." Experts celebrate creatures' stunning comeback ...

In her debut as a book author, Josephine Woolington turns back the clock to examine events that have shaped Pacific Northwest wildlife in an effort to provide a deeper sense of place for those who ...

For the past 15 years, Dan Blumstein has been trying to get inside the heads of marmots. This is not an easy thing to do, as some marmots are total head cases. Blumstein is a professor of animal ...

There are no trees, no telephones and no rain. Only barren rock faces and jagged mountains piercing the sky are seen all round. The higher you travel into the mountains, the colder it gets — taking ...

Longer summers are causing large mountain rodents called marmots to grow larger and get better at surviving, according to a 33-year study published today in Nature. The research, carried out by ...

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 ...

They’ve become an unofficial city mascot. Chubby, furry little yellow-bellied marmots scurry about Spokane, fraternizing with children who throw them bread crumbs and peanuts, emboldened to frequent ...