Chattering squirrels, charming coypus, and tail-slapping beavers — along with some other rodents — have orange-brown front teeth. Researchers have published high-resolution images of rodent incisors ...

Squirrels, beavers, and other rodents have orange-brown front teeth that may be key to developing oral care products that better protect human tooth enamel and ensure that restorations last longer.

Nutria damage crops, wetlands, and flood infrastructure in many states, but California says it still has a small window to stop the rodent invasion.

Two fossil teeth from a distant relative of North American gophers have scientists rethinking how some mammals reached the Caribbean Islands. Two fossil teeth from a distant relative of North American ...

Across the United States, a semi-aquatic rodent that can weigh as much as 20 pounds is chewing through wetlands, farms, and ...

Neoepiblemidae (Caviomorpha) includes South American hystricognath rodents that together with Chinchillidae and Dinomyidae compose the clade Chinchilloidea. Despite the considerable advance in ...

Nano-sized pockets of iron material in rodents’ incisors (coypu on the left and beaver on the right) strengthen and protect the teeth. Chattering squirrels, charming coypus, and tail-slapping beavers ...

A large invasive species that resembles a beaver is damaging ecosystems in over a dozen US states. Nutria, native to South America, were introduced to the US in the late 1800s for their fur. The ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Two fossil teeth from a distant relative of North American gophers have scientists rethinking how some mammals reached the Caribbean Islands. The teeth, excavated in northwest ...