The humble rodent “thumb” may not seem like an obvious window into evolution, but its keratinized tip – the unguis (hoof, claw, or nail) – turns out to reveal striking insights into rodent history and ...

Researchers (left to right) Gordon Shepherd, Anderson Feijó, Lauren Johnson, and Rafaela Missagia, working in the Field Museum’s mammal collections. Picture a squirrel eating an acorn. It’s holding ...

Researchers have shed new light on the features that enable tree-dwelling mammals to move effectively through their ...

Rodents in Chicago have been adapting to an increasingly urban environment over the past century, a new study has shown. Evolution generally entails seeing small changes passed down over generations, ...

Morphology of subterranean rodents / Barbara R. Stein -- Ecophysiological responses of subterranean rodents to underground habitats / Rochelle Buffenstein -- Sensory capabilities and communication in ...