Ravenous California ground squirrels have been observed killing and eating small rodents, marking the first widespread ...

The squirrels were long considered a granivorous species, but this new research suggests they may be more flexible when it ...

California ground squirrels that scientists thought ate only grains are eating the voles, according to researchers at ...

The predators? Squirrels, the populous mammals who have long been known to mostly eat nuts, seeds and plants. While studying ground squirrels in Northern California this past summer, biologists ...

Ground squirrels’ metabolic rate crashes by as much as 90-95%, says Gracheva. “It’s a state like suspended animation.” During the hibernation season, which lasts between six and eight ...

A ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds, or grains is a common sight, but a new study from UC Davis suggests ...

But a new study provides the first evidence that California ground squirrels also hunt, kill and eat voles. Researchers have for the first time chronicled widespread carnivorous behaviour among ...

After watching squirrels in California for 12 years, a team of scientists has seen them actively hunt down and kill small rodents this past summer. California ground squirrels are known to mostly ...

A California ground squirrel in Contra Costa County runs with a vole it hunted in its mouth. A study from UC Davis and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is the first to document widespread ...