Scientists found new and missing species on Charity Island, showing how wildlife changes over a century on this remote Lake ...

Wings of Valor A Tribute to Melody Millicent Danquah Ghana rsquo;s First Female Air Force Pilot An emblem of courage, legacy, ...

Researchers at the Field Museum studied chipmunk and vole specimens from a century ago till now to examine the influence of people on rodents over time.

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Urbanization has had visible morphological effects on chipmunks and voles in the Chicago metro area. While both chipmunks and ...

Chicago rodents have evolved with city life. Museum skulls reveal how urbanization is quietly reshaping wildlife.

The findings of a new study "clearly show that interfering with the environment has a detectable effect on wildlife," a ...

Eastern chipmunks forage throughout the year in woods with thick canopies and open understories, hoarding nuts and seeds in their burrows when they hibernate in the winter.

Scientists recently found an example of evolution in real time, tucked away in the collection drawers of the Field Museum in ...

When living things are faced with dramatic shifts in the world around them, they sometimes rapidly adapt to better survive.

Chipmunks are members of the same family as squirrels. The small rodents spend most of their time aboveground, eating seeds, ...