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 ...

Groundhogs and marmots are members of the squirrel family. Both species have stout bodies, big front teeth, brown fur and large, bushy tails. So how to identify a yellow-bellied marmot?

Today, however, we are going to be covering a common distinction between groundhogs and another common species of marmot ...

Play in yellow-bellied marmots has a social purpose, the authors of a recent Proceedings of the Royal Society B study argued: it helps the small mammals establish dominance hierarchies. Yellow-bellied ...

Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks Department has announced that Flatiron Freddy — the city’s stuffed, top hat-wearing yellow-bellied marmot — will return this Sunday to make his ...

Yellow-bellied marmots are a thick-bodied ... and grabbed each other and using their large upper and lower incisor teeth they started biting. Since the teeth are long, sharp and could deliver ...