Unlike most other Sierra Nevada chipmunks, which live at higher altitudes, the Merriam's chipmunk limits itself to foothills environments. They seem to do best in mixed trees and brush ...

Kwasi studies two species in particular that make their homes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California: the alpine chipmunk and the lodgepole chipmunk. With the climate warming and high ...

The Palmer's chipmunk, Tamias (Neotamias) palmeri, is found only on one small mountain range, the Spring Mountains in southwestern Nevada. Their population decline is due mostly to the invasion of ...

Lake Tahoe is located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and spans the border ... spreads through wild rodents like squirrels, rats, and chipmunks via infected fleas. Humans can contract the disease ...

By Johnny Diaz When California officials closed parts of South Lake Tahoe this week, the news sounded alarming: A dead chipmunk had tested positive for bubonic plague, the rare yet highly ...