A recent report about meat-eating ground squirrels has freaked out Californians, but it’s really nothing new. In Wyoming, the ...

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

But biologists were amazed to see Californian ground squirrels chasing and killing voles in ... The scientists did not observe the squirrels hunting other mammals. “The fact that California ...

Ground squirrels have turned into carnivorous killers in a local park after vole numbers exploded in Contra Costa County, ...

California ground squirrels, usually known for their plant-based diet, have been observed hunting and eating voles in the ...

A UC Davis study showed a nutty novel behavior in California squirrels: They’re hunting like carnivores, taking down and consuming other ... as squirrels began to chase — and eat — voles ...

First, the predators ripped off the rodents’ heads. Then they dug their teeth into their prey’s torsos, feasting on meat, organs and cartilage. The predators? Squirrels, the populous mammals ...

Studying hunting behavior wasn’t part of the plan until early June, when two University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire undergraduate students filmed a squirrel chasing and attempting to kill a vole ...