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

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

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 ...

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

When living things are faced with dramatic shifts in the world around them, they sometimes rapidly adapt to better survive.

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

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

Extreme heat can increase your interactions with insects and rodents. For some critters, they’re seeing relief from extreme ...

Voles, on the other hand, had smaller auditory bullae, bone structures associated with hearing. "We think this may relate to the city being loud—having these bones be smaller might help dampen ...

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild ...