While some species have been observed supplementing their diet with insects, bird eggs and frogs, this is the first time ground squirrels have been observed preying on voles, suggesting that the ...

California ground squirrels, typically known for their herbivorous diet, were observed hunting and eating voles for the first time in July 2024. Researchers documented this surprising predatory ...

Published in the Journal of Ethology, the study fundamentally changes our understanding of ground squirrels. It suggests that what was considered a granivorous species actually is an opportunistic ...

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 ...

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 ...

18 (UPI) --California ground squirrels that scientists thought ate ... sending a Falcon 9 rocket into space with a Thuraya 4 satellite from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 in Florida.