That, Granatosky says, was part of the fun. The Chicago Rat Hole turned out to be a modern example of the same kind of trace evidence scientists use to reconstruct ancient life. “It really speaks to ...

The dead tree framing the par-4 3rd at Old Macdonald is a feature so distinctive, it's a course logo. But what makes the hole itself special?

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Squirrels, rabbits, ruffed grouse and ring-necked pheasants are the four primary species of small game for Pennsylvania hunters. The squirrel season opened back in mid-September, and the rabbit and ...

Chicago — the city of deep-dish pizza, world-class museums, the Bean and Sears (Willis) Tower — has had a new, unusual claim ...

We unpack the shocking revelation that the rat-shaped hole in a Chicago sidewalk was made not by a rat but by a squirrel. Michael Granatosky, an evolutionary biomechanist and one of the researchers ...

"Our analyses offer little support for the hypothesis that the 'Chicago Rat Hole' was made by a brown rat. The specimen's ...

The so-called “Chicago Rat Hole,” which has existed for 20-30 years before becoming an internet sensation, inspired TikToks, ...

While other California native species may struggle when living alongside humans, UC Davis behavioural ecologist Sonja Wild ...

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The study, published by the Royal Society on Wednesday, suggests that the famous sidewalk hole shaped like a giant rat wasn't ...