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

In pop culture, squirrels are often seen as jerky, excited critters on the hunt for nuts to stuff themselves with and tuck ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Jessica Yung of Short Wave about carnivorous squirrels, the history of life on Earth, and new insights into the relationship between people and dogs.

A ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds or grains, is a common sight. But a new study provides the first ...

It's not unusual to see squirrels eating acorns or other nuts, or seeds; they are considered herbivores though they sometimes ...

First, the predators ripped off the rodents’ heads. Then they dug their teeth into their prey’s torsos, feasting on meat, ...

But a new study provides the first evidence that California ground squirrels also hunt, kill and eat voles. Researchers have for the first time chronicled widespread carnivorous behaviour among ...

A new study this year has recorded for the first time widespread behavior of California ground squirrels eating other small ...

this is not the first time such a side of California ground squirrels has come to light. Advertisment According to Smith, the female squirrels were known to commit infanticide and kill and eat the ...

A UC Davis study found a population of Bay Area ground squirrels hunting and eating voles, suggesting the species may be more ...