I had stopped along a steep mountain road and just below me were several yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris). You might be more familiar with their eastern cousin the woodchuck.

Groundhogs don’t live in our region, but yellow-bellied marmots do. And in case you didn’t notice, they live in the shadow of their groundhog cousins. But these rodents with tummies the color ...

Yellow-bellied marmots prefer grasslands and meadows within the Sierra Nevada. Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. No derivatives or adaptations ...

Flatiron Freddy is a deceased, stuffed, fur-damaged yellow-bellied marmot who — with the help of its handlers — always arrives in a surprising way at the Chautauqua Ranger Station to declare ...