This summer I learned something new about chipmunks. When you are in the woods and hear a slow “chuck-chuck-chuck” or perhaps a “chirp-chirp-chirp” sound, it usually is a chipmunk calling. If you ...

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2005 file photo, a chipmunk stuffs his mouth with seeds and returns to his nest to store them for winter in Canterbury, N.H. There has been a spike in New England's chipmunk ...

Every other Friday on Morning Edition NHPR’s Sam Evans-Brown tracks down answers to questions about the environment and outdoors for our listeners in a segment we call “Ask Sam.” Sherry From Meredith ...

Yes, there are more chipmunks scurrying around this year than in previous years — and get ready for more as fall approaches. It’s hard to get an accurate count. The state Department of Environmental ...

The possibility now exists that I am being stalked by the very creature I am trying to catch — a chipmunk, I thought, but now I am not so sure. Chipmunks are evocative of summer cottages and lazy ...