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

Students who signed up for Geology 461/661, a paleobiology class, got much more than they bargained for when they took a ...

Our state loves its towering Abe Lincolns and ketchup bottles. Looking for a road trip? There’s a Giants Museum in downstate ...

In “The Beast in the Clouds,” Nathalia Holt tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt’s eldest sons, and their doomed attempt to ...

For over a century, scientists have been captivated by the mystery of how mammals evolved from sprawling creatures resembling ...

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

Road ecology, the scientific study of how road networks impact ecosystems, presents a perfect opportunity for community ...

Home to a veritable ‘Noah’s Ark of species’, thanks to never being ploughed, sprayed or fertilised, our churchyards offer a ...

African scaly-tailed squirrels use their scaled tails to safely move across the smooth bark of trees in their native ...

Scaly-tailed squirrels are among the least studied mammals. These nocturnal rodents, which range in body length from six to 45 centimeters depending ...

Scaly-tailed squirrels use thorny tail scales for grip on smooth trees. New models reveal the physics behind this, inspiring ...

He has only been the director of The Whale Museum for a few months, but Dr. Mike Kuperberg and his wife are already settling ...