SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (News 4 & Fox 11) — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has notified El Dorado County health officials that a flea from a yellow-pine chipmunk in the South Lake ...

Tips to prevent plague include the following: • Do not feed squirrels, chipmunks or other wild rodents. • Never touch sick, injured or dead rodents. • Do not camp, sleep or rest near animal burrows or ...

A flea from a yellow-pine chipmunk in the South Lake Tahoe area has tested positive for plague, California health officials report. The flea was sampled from one of three rodents trapped in the Fallen ...

A population of about 600 yellow-pine chipmunks in the Cascade Mountains in central Washington was investigated for approximately 12 months in three different years. The animals were live-trapped on a ...

Everyone knows that the internet’s primary purpose is to provide a constant stream of animal videos. Central Oregonians, however, don’t need to log on to get their daily dose of adorable critters. The ...

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