Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Hosts Fat Marmot Week Contest
The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Colorado held Fat Marmot Week to spotlight yellow-bellied marmots as they bulk up for winter hibernation. The RMBL Marmot Project, one of the world's longest-running studies of wild mammals, invited the public to meet contestant marmots beginning July 27 and cast votes starting Aug. 24. The event drew attention to long-term research on high-altitude mountain ecosystems and marmot populations.
Decades-long studies of wild marmot populations help scientists track the health of mountain ecosystems and measure how environmental changes affect wildlife at high altitudes.
Source: rmbl.org.
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