A study reveals the first evidence of California squirrels eating voles. Experts explain why this phenomenon is critical to future behavioral discoveries in animals.

it turns seemingly peaceful plant-eaters into opportunistic hunters. Scientists have just documented the latter in action, discovering that California ground squirrels – those supposedly ...

But a new study by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the University of California, Davis, suggests the eating habits of California ground squirrels could be shifting. According to a release ...

California ground squirrels have typically been considered herbivores or granivores, eating mostly plants and seeds. The new findings offer the first documentation of the species actively preying ...