Miniature Russian spyware is infiltrating an underground Canadian community. The perpetrators? Scientists studying how eastern chipmunks communicate. For the first time, the team has outfitted the ...

Listen to Short Wave on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Kwasi Wrensford describes the genus Neotamius as "elfin": skittish little squirrel-cousins with angular faces, pointy ears and ...

From Alvin and the Chipmunks to Disney’s Chip and Dale, cartoonists have characterized chipmunks as one of nature’s most lovable rodents. Here are 11 illuminating facts about what their real-life ...

Winning the trust of a wild animal isn't something that happens overnight, and people can get surprisingly creative in their attempts to do it. From disguising themselves near bird feeders to building ...

These backyard visitors might cause more damage than you think. Chipmunks might be some of the cutest rodents to roam around outside your home, but you definitely don’t want them inside. While ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Finding friends can be a fickle task, especially when the friends you're trying to make are animals. That's the case for Christie Pierce, local Chipmunk Wrangler, amateur photographer ...

A chipmunk native to the Sacramento Mountains in southern New Mexico could be nearing extinction and the federal government hoped to step in. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week recommended ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. Have a question you’d like an expert to answer? Send it to CuriousKidsCanada@theconversation.com. Why do chipmunks live on the ground but squirrels ...