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 ...

A new study from researchers in California and Wisconsin shows that ground squirrels, thought to mainly eat nuts and seeds, ...

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

Lingering sandhill cranes in Holiday Hills and an astonishing note about hunting, meat-eating ground squireels in California are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

California ground squirrels hunt, kill and eat voles, reveals a new study documenting evidence of widespread carnivorous behavior among squirrels. A ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts ...

But biologists were amazed to see Californian ground squirrels chasing and killing voles in predatory behaviour never before recorded in the animals. Experts say it fundamentally changes their ...

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 ...

Ground squirrels have turned into carnivorous killers in a local park after vole numbers exploded in Contra Costa County, California. Ground squirrels usually eat seeds and nuts, but in a park in ...

The research, published Wednesday in the Journal of Ethology, is part of the Long-Term Behavioral Ecology of California Ground Squirrels Project at Briones Regional Park in Contra Costa County.