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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

“For starters, the Eastern chipmunk is one of the most common mammals in our area,” he said. “They’re seen around gardens and homes and rock walls and all of that. But if you go into the woods and you ...