Flesh-eating squirrels which hunt down and devour voles have been spotted for the first time in the wild. Until now, squirrels were thought to be primarily vegetarian, cramming their cheeks full of ...

11:35, Thu, Dec 19, 2024 Updated: 12:08, Thu, Dec 19, 2024 Shocking new footage has captured a species of squirrel hunting other animals for the first time, suggesting they may be evolving to become ...

California ground squirrels (Otospermophilus beecheyi) might look like your run of the mill bushy-tailed rodent. But these squirrels are anything but ordinary. For the first time, they have been ...

Squirrels have long been associated with acorns and other nuts, but a truly wild (ha) discovery was made by researchers at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) and University of ...

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. The ...

California ground squirrels are as commonplace as the seeds, acorns, and grains they’re often seen nibbling. Yet, scientists in Northern California recently uncovered an astonishing fact about these ...