From Alvin and the Chipmunks to Disney’s Chip and Dale, cartoonists have characterized chipmunks as one of nature’s most lovable rodents. Here are 11 illuminating facts about what their real-life ...

If you have ever hiked in central or western Virginia you have probably encountered one of our more interesting and entertaining mammals, the eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus). The Latin name means ...

This sweetie sounds more like a chipmunk and kitten rolling around a field of daises than a dog Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

In the years since an aspiring small-time actor named Ross Bagdasarian bought a variable-speed tape recorder and sang “The Chipmunk Song” into its embedded microphone in 1958, his mischief-making ...

With “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,” I fear the furry singing sensations may have finally run completely aground. If only they were truly stranded on that desert island… Though the franchise ...

Mayor de Blasio sounded a high note ?— literally ?— in a speech to an Iowa labor conference. Due to a technical glitch, live video of his remarks broadcast Wednesday to the Iowa Federation of Labor ...

In 1958, a young father in Van Nuys who supported his family working as a songwriter came up with a novelty group of three singing chipmunks, taking them from hit records to an animated TV show.