This baby chipmunk is about 10 days old. legna69/Getty Images. Baby chipmunks (called kits, kittens, or pups) are born blind, hairless, and helpless in the spring, usually in litters of three to five.

Most of us can agree that chipmunks are adorable. From the chirping sound they make to their fat, puffy cheeks and feather boa-like tails, who doesn’t love watching these furry little critters ...

Summer activity patterns of the eastern chipmunk in an Adirondack forest. Unpubl. M.S. Thesis SUNY CESF, Syracuse, NY 54pp. Snyder, D. P. 1982. Tamias striatus. Mammalian Species, 168:1-8. Van Etten, ...

Chipmunks are easily recognizable, ... Squirrels also hide food away for winter, although they don’t hibernate, instead using fat stores and stashed food to survive the cold months.

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 ...

Plus, Kwasi says the chipmunks might provide broader insights into what types of species are more vulnerable to climate change. At least in this case, seems to be the less specialized chipmunks.

Two Chipmunk species' stress response shed light on animals and climate change : Short Wave Kwasi Wrensford describes the subjects of his research as "elfin": skittish little squirrel-cousins with ...