Yellow-bellied marmots live in colonies, usually with one male and a “harem” of females and young. Marmot colonies are actually called “murders!” ...

A new study in the Swiss Alps has found that marmots are living higher up the mountains than they did four decades ago.

Marmots here evolved with relatively few predators. They learned to live with cougars, bobcats, and golden eagles over the course of hundreds of thousands of years. Wolves typically didn’t venture ...

Since marmots live in remote areas, they rarely do damage and aren't considered a nuisance like groundhogs are.

Throughout that time, the researchers follow the animals. They document how the marmots live, how many babies they have, when they die, and how they die — following these creatures from furry cradle ...

A big problem for the marmots seems to be coyotes. Warmer winters and less snow are thought to make it easier for coyotes to move into higher elevations where the marmots live.

Animals 'Bratty' marmots embarrass CPW as they're released back into the wild The six marmots were "content to live in the crate filled with nuts forever," Colorado Parks and Wildlife said.

POLLOCK PINES, Calif. (KMAX/KOVR) - A California woman unknowingly picked up a furry hitchhiker while visiting Yosemite National Park, so she was surprised to find a marmot under her car hood days ...

Olympic marmots can spend up to eight months a year hibernating, emerging when the weather warms to forage for food, fatten up, and otherwise go about their business.

POLLOCK PINES, Calif. (KMAX/KOVR) - A California woman unknowingly picked up a furry hitchhiker while visiting Yosemite National Park, so she was surprised to find a marmot under her car hood days ...