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By: Rae Ellen Bichell
Date: October 27, 2021
Rocky MountainsFort CollinsColoradoRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryCallospermophilus lateralis

Summary

Caitlin Wells Salerno knew that some mammals -- like the golden-mantled ground squirrels she studies in the Rocky Mountains -- invest an insane amount of resources in their young. That didn't prepare her for the resources the conservation biologist would owe after the birth of her second son. Wells