Recent observations in California have surprisingly shown a shift in the dietary habits of ground squirrels, traditionally ...

Researchers documented the unexpected behavior of California ground squirrels that strayed from their diet of seeds, nuts and ...

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

Researchers said in a new study that they were stunned to witness California ground squirrels, who mostly eat nuts and seeds, ...

Have the squirrels gone nuts? Killer squirrels might seem like sci-fi, but squirrels in California have been observed hunting and eating voles for the first time, leading scientists to believe ...

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

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

Hunting, killing, and eating voles was seen being practiced by squirrels of all ages and sexes between June 10 and July 30, ...

California ground squirrels are also mostly "granivorous," although they have been known to eat bird eggs or the nestlings of local quail, pheasant, domestic chickens, and robins. There have been only ...

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

Flesh-eating squirrels which hunt down and devour voles have been spotted for the first time in the wild. Until now, ...

"Two of my students came to me and said, 'Dr. Smith, we saw these squirrels eating a vole,' and I did not believe them," University of Wisconsin behavioral ecologist Dr. Jenn Smith said.