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

Most data is anecdotal, but researchers say climate change, development, light pollution and pesticides are threatening firefly populations.

The chance observation of an adult female common European adder killing and intending to swallow a much larger prey—a ...

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

Rodents are evolving to cope with living in urban areas, reveals new research. Chipmunk and vole skulls from 125 years ago compared to today reflect changes in diet and noise exposure, say ...

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.

Scientists in Chicago are mapping some fascinating evolutionary changes to local rodents — and how humans may have ...

The chair of a nature reserve said damage caused by a spate of deliberate fires could cost £100,000. Fire crews who fought ...

Meadowlarks, robins and vesper sparrows greeted the dawn, each exhalation of their voices adding a quantum of mist to that in ...

I hasten to add, for those who remember a certain former governor of South Carolina, that this is not a euphemism. My brother and I really were hiking the trail through Shenandoah National Park, ...

Good morning, Chicago. The father of the Chicago drill rapper whose album release party was targeted in a mass shooting in River North over the Fourth of July has been hit with federal weapons charges ...

Normally when I go out to capture an animal in distress, I must rely on myself. Calls rarely come in when several people are available to help in the capture. One such case was years ago; I was ...