In The Second Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling tells the story of the first tiger, who killed a buck during a time of peace. As punishment, the first elephant commanded the jungle’s trees and creepers to ...

SUMMIT COUNTY, Colorado – Spying a chipmunk may not be the most exciting of wildlife sightings in Summit County. Nevertheless, the endearing little striped rodents are some of the easiest fauna to ...

Chipmunks and other rodents’ light stripes are painted with a recycled brush, a new study suggests. A protein previously known to guide facial development was repurposed at least twice during ...

The African striped mouse serves as a convenient system in which to study striping. CREDIT: MARIAN OLIVER / iNATURALIST The African striped mouse also seems to rely on Wnt and Dkk proteins, as well as ...

Hoekstra is interested in how pigment patterns—like stripes—confer fitness advantages for mammals, as well as how these patterns evolved. Unlike lab mice, both African mice and chipmunks are active ...

To anyone spending any time outside, this has been the year of the chipmunk. Yards and gardens are punctuated by holes about the size of a silver dollar. Under bird feeders, along the Rail Trail, ...

A gene called Alx3 blocks the differentiation of pigment-producing cells in the skin of the African striped mouse, thus generating the mouse's characteristic light-colored stripes, a new study shows.