Researchers issue concerning warning after studying behavior of tiny mammals: 'Their habitat is shrinking'

Researchers issue concerning warning after studying behavior of tiny mammals: 'Their habitat is shrinking'

A new study in the Swiss Alps has found that marmots are living higher up the mountains than they did four decades ago. However, they've hit a ceiling that could leave them with nowhere else to go. What's happening? As reported by the Swiss research institute WSL, biologist Anne Kempel and her team from the institute's SLF division revisited 25 marmot sites in the Dischma Valley near Davos, using the same observation methods as researchers in 19…