The Field’s collection of a Chicago-area rodent is showing just how fast animals can evolve to co-exist with humans.

You may know them as Alvin’s little friends who love to sing in the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks, but in reality, chipmunks really love to chirp and use their harmony to communicate with each other.

Changes to size, teeth and ears in various rodents in Chicago found to be part of their adaptation to human development.

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — A chipmunk found only in New Mexico was listed as endangered in December of last year. The Peñasco Least Chipmunk is one of 17 subspecies of Least Chipmunks. Their only ...

You can’t help but enjoy witnessing a happy chipmunk or squirrel frolicking about in utter delight…unless, of course, the ...

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

Urban wildlife is evolving right under our noses — and scientists have the skulls to prove it. By examining over a century’s ...

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

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

Chipmunks, though adorable, can dig up yards, destroy garden beds, and eat everything in sight. Here are 10 safe, ...

John Dunn, a retired Wisconsin DNR field biologist with 40 years of experience, will join the roundtable conversation at the ...