On the scale of cuteness this little guy has to rate at or near the top of the list. This is a relatively common wild animal in the woodlands of Missouri. It is called the eastern chipmunk. You may ...

The name “rodent” brings to mind a variety of objectionable creatures because how they live perturbs us, especially if they live in our space. A marmot chirping while sprawled atop a boulder high in ...

For a good chunk of the summer, I have been able to monitor the activity of one particular visitor to the feeding station down by my Thinking Chair a little more closely than most of the others.

It has been a big summer for Tamias striatus in the neighborhood. The arrival of autumn only makes this worse. Tamias goes by the alias Mr. Chippy in our yard. Yes, I am talking about the eastern ...