The Olympic marmot is being considered for the endangered species list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced. “Based on our review of the petition and readily available information ...

Environmentalists are suing the Trump administration to protect an animal found only on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula. The Olympic marmot lives in mountain meadows of Olympic National Park. A ...

The squirrel species lives only within Olympic National Park in Washington. Environmentalists sued the Fish and Wildlife Service Wednesday for missing a deadline over whether to provide Endangered ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that a petition to list the Olympic marmot under the Endangered Species Act warrants further review, marking a crucial step toward potential federal ...

The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit in federal court in Seattle over a year after first petitioning for protections.

(CN) — A furry rodent found in the rainy forests of the Pacific Northwest that has been facing a decline in population for decades could be one step closer to an endangered or threatened species ...

SEATTLE— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today for failing to decide whether to protect Olympic marmots, a rare species that lives only on the Olympic Peninsula in ...

An Olympic marmot stands as the star of the show at Hurricane Ridge on Monday. These tourists from Alaska stopped and photographed the creature from a distance as he slowly ate his meal of wildflowers ...

A non-profit conservation organization sued Trump administration officials Wednesday for failing to act on a petition to protect Olympic marmots. The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit ...