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 ...
In 2005, researchers described what they believed to be a new family, genus, and species of rodent. It was a delightfully ...
Morphology of subterranean rodents / Barbara R. Stein -- Ecophysiological responses of subterranean rodents to underground habitats / Rochelle Buffenstein -- Sensory capabilities and communication in ...