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2026
- KRON4Second mysterious marmot found in Bay Area A second marmot, found in Antioch, followed the one we took in from the Mission District days earlier.
- KTLA 52 mysterious marmots found in the Bay Area possibly hitchhiked from mountains: experts A second marmot turned up in Antioch days after the first, both suspected engine-bay hitchhikers from the high Sierra.
- New York PostMountain-dwelling marmots mysteriously appear in bustling Bay Area National pickup of the Bay Area's marmot mystery, from the Mission District to Antioch.
- Bored PandaPeople in San Francisco's Mission District Are Used To Seeing Plenty of Unusual Things A Facebook roundup of the Mission District marmot, picked up by Bored Panda's animals page.
- Reno Gazette JournalDid marmots hitch a ride to Bay Area from Burning Man? Rescuers think so Sierra-dwelling marmots may have ridden home with Burning Man traffic through Truckee or Tahoe.
- SFistWildlife Rescue Hopes To Help Marmot That Hitched a Ride From the Mountains Get Back Home We're asking Bay Area residents who recently drove back from the mountains to check their engine bays.
- UPIMystery marmot drinks radiator fluid, winds up in San Francisco Marmots are known to climb into engine bays for the radiator fluid, then wake up hundreds of miles from home.
- KQEDSan Francisco Wildlife Rescue Searches for Origin of Mystery Marmot A yellow-bellied marmot turned up in the Mission District; we're trying to track down which Sierra trailhead it hitchhiked from.
- Yahoo NewsMarmot Stowaway Ends Up in SF's Mission District KRON4's original segment on the marmot found near 16th and Albion, syndicated nationally.
- The DodoRehabber raising orphaned hummingbirds gets surprising help from a wild visitor A wild hummingbird flew into the aviary and began feeding the orphans alongside our volunteer.
2024
2022
- The Mercury News"Squirrel-palooza": Sweltering baby squirrels are plummeting from trees A September heat wave sent hundreds of overheated baby squirrels out of their nests and into our care.
- SFGATEPossibly endangered fox rescued in SF A fox kit pulled from a pipe at a construction site near Oracle Park.
- CBS News Bay AreaOfficers rescue injured hawk Eddy in San Francisco's Tenderloin District Tenderloin residents and police brought a juvenile red-tailed hawk to us in the middle of the night.