The cat-sized, butter-colored rodents live about 15 years on average, a much longer lifespan than what is expected for their size. Alan Vernon via Wikicommons/Flickr CC BY 2.0 When hibernating ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Too many brothers turn female yellow-bellied marmots into tomboys, new research indicates. These tomboys stray farther from home, play-fight more often and reproduce less. "They explore much more of ...

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 ...