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

A new Field Museum study reveals that Chicago's chipmunks have grown larger with shorter teeth due to processed human food, ...

Voles are rodents that are closer in size and shape to hamsters than they are to the similarly sounding moles. These rodents are a common sight throughout North America, but some people ascribe a mole ...

From bears to rodents, learn to ID scat by size, shape, and content to determine which animal has been in your area and what ...

According to naturalist David Mizejewski, "field mice" is a general term that could apply to any small, wild rodent species, but typically mice and voles. These critters look very similar, but ...

In general, evolution is a long, slow process of tiny changes passed down over generations, resulting in new adaptations and even new species over ...

My eyes shot open, and I leapt out of bed. This was the alarm clock I’d been waiting for — my favorite time of the year. The ...

Photo: Anna Field GRMG efforts to boost the species were helped in 2021–22 with the award of a Farming in Protected Landscapes grant of £21,613 to the North Cotswolds Owl and Kestrel Box Project.

Sometimes homeowners mistake mole damage for vole damage, says Pierce. Voles are rodents, which look like field mice with short tails. They dig short, shallow tunnels and burrow right under the ...

Thousands of people daily drive across Bob Anthony Parkway/Spillway Road, which runs across the earthen dam at the Barnett ...