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

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

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

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

Chipmunks are members of the same family as squirrels. The small rodents spend most of their time aboveground, eating seeds, ...

California ground squirrels are as commonplace as the seeds, acorns, and grains they’re often seen nibbling. Yet, scientists ...

Voles may resemble mice in appearance, but there are key differences that can help you tell them apart. ‘Where mice are often ...

Killer squirrels might seem like a SyFy channel premise, but squirrels in California have been observed hunting and eating voles for the first time, suggesting that they have a more diverse diet ...

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 ...

How prairie voles may help — and complicate — love in humans : Short Wave For years, scientists have known that oxytocin is important in facilitating the feeling of love in humans.