← Back to StoriesOpinion
Washington Post Op-ed: Groundhog Day is silly. But as a scientist, I love it anyway.
Summary
Every Feb. 2, as Punxsutawney Phil shakes the dust off his coat, emerges from his burrow, glances at his shadow (or not) and allegedly prognosticates winter's end, I gather a group of professors, graduate students and other assorted science geeks at my UCLA lab. We nibble, drink, schmooze and revel
Related Stories
Profile
UCLA professor heads long-term evolutionary biology project on marmots
Research Summary
Being Antisocial Leads to a Longer Life. For Marmots.
Feature
Out From The Shadows
Feature
Groundhogs Emerge From the Scientific Shadows
Research Summary
Being anti-social leads to a longer life for marmots
Research Summary
Grumpy Old Mammals: Being Antisocial Leads to a Longer Life. For Marmots, at Least.
Interview
Campus Queries: What is Groundhog Day, and does science support its predictions?
Research Summary
Being Antisocial Leads to a Longer Life. For Marmots. Trilobites
Related Publications
Publication
Metapopulation dynamics of yellow-bellied marmots
Publication
Studies on the ecology of avian malaria in an alpine ecosystem
Publication
Behavioral and spatial dynamics in a fluctuating population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>)
Publication
The causes and maintenance of personality in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)
Publication