(Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory via OnlyMarms)(Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory via OnlyMarms)(Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory via OnlyMarms)(Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory via OnlyMarms) Arrow left Arrow right‘OnlyMarms!’ Universities across the country are struggling with research funding, and UCLA is no exception, said Blumstein, an ecologist and conservation biologist. His department recently lost its third graduate-student teaching assistant and it’s been tough keeping the marmot project fully staffed, Blumstein said. “I’m never going to match a picture of a marmot,” Blumstein said. Wyoming wildlife biologist Robert Crabtree said research funding shortages are a real problem, so he appreciates the OnlyMarms approach.