'Humongous' Marmot Crowned Winner in Inaugural Fat Marmot Week Contest The world of conservation research has long been austere, with scientists often struggling to secure funding.
However, researchers are getting creative in their fundraising efforts, as seen in the recent Fat Marmot Week contest, which crowned Dawn the winner among eight plump and portly marmots.
The story begins with a decades long study on yellow bellied marmots at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory.