At the end of the Pleistocene (10,000 years ago), the increase in temperatures brought an end to the alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) in the Pyrenees, but between 1950 and 1988, the French ...

IN THE Belianske Tatry mountain range, conservationists have renewed the wild population of Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota latirostris) which died out in this region in 2006 – probably killed by ...

A local council has been criticised for unveiling an "Alpine Marmot" in place of Christmas tree. Alton, in Hampshire, some 700 miles from The Alps, revealed the character on Tuesday. It reportedly ...