Elizabeth Rayne is a creature who writes. Her work has appeared in Popular Mechanics, Ars Technica, SYFY WIRE, Space.com, Live Science, Den of Geek, Forbidden Futures and Collective Tales.

Laura is Popular Science’s news editor, overseeing coverage of a wide variety of subjects. Laura is particularly fascinated by all things aquatic, paleontology, nanotechnology, and exploring how ...

Voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus), on the other hand, didn’t grow bigger, but their skulls changed more dramatically. They developed flatter skulls and smaller auditory bullae—bony structures in the ...

The rats aren’t what they used to be. Anyone who lives in Chicago might think nothing of a chipmunk scurrying by, but all the scraps of processed food that the local chipmunks have pilfered from ...

Tiny rodents living in a major American city are unique examples of evolution playing out in real time.. Like geologic time itself, the process of evolution itself is generally a very slow process ...