[3][4] Her dissertation under entomologist Charles Lee Remington[5] was titled "A comparative study of energy and water conservation throughout the annual cycle in ground dwelling Sciuridae.
Her physiology research resulted in articles including "The annual cycle and fat storage in two populations of golden-mantled ground squirrels" (Journal of Mammalogy 1972),[7] "The effects of kidney structure and the annual cycle on water requirements in golden-mantled ground squirrels and chipmunks" (Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 1977),[8] and "Reproduction of Asian chipmunks (Tamias sibiricus) in captivity" (Zoo Biology 1984, with K. E.
She was a member of the science professional fraternity Sigma Xi, and of the American Society of Mammalogists.
Barbara Hibbs Blake died in 2019, aged 82 years, in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
There is an Anthony and Barbara Blake Scholarship Fund at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina.