Spotting a hoary marmot is a rite of passage for serious Pacific Northwest hikers. The charming and curious creatures can be found in the subalpine meadows of Washington’s North Cascades range ...

Hoary marmots spend about 50% of their time above ground watching for predators. Researchers predicted that the time spent would increase in areas with higher predation risk, but did not find that ...

The hoary fox can often be spotted sprinting through Brazil’s Cerrado, the world’s most biodiverse savanna.Despite this, not much is known about the small canid, says researcher Frederico ...

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has discovered unusual "float" rocks on the rim of Jezero Crater while searching for signs of ancient microbial life. Scientists are investigating their origin.

NASA's Perseverance rover found an unusual dark, pitted rock dubbed Skull Hill while exploring Jezero Crater's rim. The rock contrasts with lighter surrounding terrain and was likely transported ...

In return, they laid more eggs than I could eat. In summer when insects were their chief diet—ants being plentiful, and ...

NASA’s Mars rover has spotted something out of this world — a mysterious, skull-shaped elevation – sitting on a slope where star-gazers say it doesn’t belong. The mysterious rock – dubbe ...

On a sunny day in the summer of 2023, Jessie Everson was sitting in an alpine meadow, sketching marmots. He wasn’t relaxing, though. He was working as a field technician for the Marmot Recovery ...

This image is from NASAs Mars Perseverance rover, taken by the Mastcam-Z. NASA's Mars rover has pictured a mysterious, skull-shaped rock on the Red Planet whose origin remains uncertain.

With recent warm weather, Blue Ridge Wildlife Center has been busy returning many otherwise-healthy patients back to their natural habitats including a Hoary Bat. This female bat was found outside on ...