Researchers said in a new study that they were stunned to witness California ground squirrels, who mostly eat nuts and seeds, ...

A recently released study changes what scientists thought they knew about squirrel behavior after the adorable critters were ...

The California ground squirrel seems innocent. A familiar sight to hikers, the plump rodent can often be seen contentedly ...

The California ground squirrel seems innocent ... They are engineers, digging burrows which turn soil and move seeds. Active night or day, they are driven by an enormous appetite and the ever ...

As part of an ongoing 12-year study of California ground squirrels at Briones Regional Park in Contra Costa County, researchers last summer watched as squirrels began to chase — and eat ...

The study suggests that California ground squirrels, previously thought to solely be granivorous species, are actually an "opportunistic omnivore" with a more flexible diet than previously assumed ...

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 ...

The California ground squirrel seems innocent ... They are engineers, digging burrows which turn soil and move seeds. Active night or day, they are driven by an enormous appetite and the ever ...

Flesh-eating squirrels which hunt down and devour voles have been spotted for the first time in the wild. Until now, ...

Dr Sonja Wild, who helped set up the California Ground Squirrels Project with Dr Smith, said she was astonished when undergraduate students first came to her saying they had filmed the strange new ...

A ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds or grains is a common sight, but a new study from UC Davis suggests that California ground squirrels also hunt, kill and eat voles.

A ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds or grains is a common sight. But a new study provides the first evidence that California ground squirrels also hunt, kill and eat voles.