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

Feces are a valuable tool in the world of animal identification. It might sound gross, but it’s one of the best ways to ...

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

As Pizza Rat proved, some creatures can adapt to just about anything, even the concrete jungle. And it isn’t just New York ...

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, ...

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

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

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 ...

When Monogamy Breaks Down Despite the benefits of monogamy, there are exceptions to the rule. In some species, ...

INCC researchers wanted a way to trace individual voles’ movements without disturbing them or relying on expensive tracking tech. According to the BBC, the glitter they used is biodegradable, ...

Endangered water voles in Wales are being fed edible glitter in a bid to save them from extinction. Once commonly found across south Wales, water voles are now effectively extinct in all but a few ...