Fat Marmot Week Voting Underway

Vote for your favorite chonky rodent during Fat Marmot Week

While humans are on the beach, yellow-bellied marmots are eating for their lives.

Fat Marmot Week voting underway

Marmots are having a moment -- and researchers at the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab are hoping their Fat Marmot Week contest can extend the time in the spotlight.

Meet Colorado’s chunkiest alpine residents and pick your fave to support research during Fat Marmot Week

Rocky Mountain Biological Lab’s contest in Gothic is fun, but also an "absurd demonstration" of the precarious nature of science funding

Fat Marmot Week is here! Meet the Colorado rodents vying for chubby champion.

Fat Marmot Week, hosted by Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, starts with eight Colorado marmot contenders, but only one will be crowned champion.

Rocky Mountain lab hosts first Fat Marmot Week to celebrate science of hibernation

Vote now for the fattest marmot! The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory's Fat Marmot Week runs Aug. 24–29 in a first-ever tournament to crown the chubbiest champion.

Voting begins for Colorado’s first-ever Fat Marmot Week

May the chunkiest chunker win.