For the past two summers, I have spent time as the personal servant to a couple of (according to one scholarly source) "semi-fossorial sciurids" -- members of the squirrel family that spend some of ...

Every fall, thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) in the United States retreat to their underground burrows for a long winter’s nap. They curl up in a tight ball and enter a ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. For most Big Sky residents the winter is a time to get out and really experience the outdoors.

Unlike bears or marmots, humans cannot hibernate, and therefore, winter food preparations look a little different than some wild animals who gorge on food to build up fat stores for a long winter’s ...