Decades of recovery efforts for an endangered species has now led to the highest number of Vancouver Island marmots being ...

Though sightings in Colorado are rare, these animals are crucial to the ecosystem as they help control populations of small ...

Researchers say they have noticed anecdotally that providing biscuits to the marmots has increased breeding. They hope being ...

After two years of work, technicians and researchers with Vancouver Island University and the Wilder Institute are ready to deploy their latest version of an outdoor scale this summer to assess the ...

To that end, researchers have teamed up with technicians at Vancouver Island University to make custom smart weigh scales ...

Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil may be the world’s most famous groundhog, but he has a cousin in the Inland Northwest who deserves his own day in the sun. And not because he makes scientifically ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) is openly tussling with animal rights group PETA, which is calling for Punxsutawney Phil — the famous marmot used in an annual Groundhog Day tradition to forecast ...

PETA cheekily responded to Shapiro’s social media post Saturday, interpreting his words to mean that the animal rights group can “take” Phil to a sanctuary with his blessing. But PETA’s demands were ...