Most people's familiarity with marmots is confined to an awareness of the groundhog or woodchuck. There are, in fact, 14 species and they are the largest representatives of the squirrel family.
As flurries fall on B.C.'s South Coast, blanketing areas with snow, it seems fitting that Vancouver Island marmot Violet predicts six more weeks of winter.
Members of the squirrel family, marmots are mountain specialists, feeding on grasses lichens and seeds. To film Himalayan marmots we traveled to the edge of the Tibetan plateau in the province of ...
Groundhog Day is almost here and although we do not have groundhogs in the Treasure State we do have some close relatives like the marmot, ground squirrels and prairie dogs.
VERNON - Marmots sprawl on rocks, nibble at grass and frolic by the creek below. It’s marmot heaven, but not for much longer if the City of Vernon has its way. The estimated 20 to 30 marmots ...