In general, evolution is a long, slow process of tiny changes passed down over generations, resulting in new adaptations and ...

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild ...

Chicago rodents have evolved with city life. Museum skulls reveal how urbanization is quietly reshaping wildlife.

Chipmunks are members of the same family as squirrels. The small rodents spend most of their time aboveground, eating seeds, ...

This summer in Chicago, the Field Museum is turning up the heat – and the chills – with its new exhibit, featuring a rare specimen not seen anywhere else in U.S. The “Reptiles Alive” exhibit opens ...

The findings of a new study "clearly show that interfering with the environment has a detectable effect on wildlife," a ...

When living things are faced with dramatic shifts in the world around them, they sometimes rapidly adapt to better survive.

An all access pass, which includes admission to the reptile exhibit as well as an Africa Fashion exhibit, is $43. A Field Museum staffer holds Thanos, a 1-year-old American alligator.

An extinct Australian animal can once again be seen bounding across a paddock after rare 16mm film was digitised by the ...

On this World Crocodile Day, WBBM got an up close and personal look at one…inside of a local attraction that’s not known for its live animals.

The animals that plummeted 85 feet into Wyoming’s Natural Trap Cave provide a layered history of life dating back to the ...