Water voles are thriving in Kielder, but there is still work to do to ensure that they can build numbers up further ...

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

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

In the recent spate of stories, a few sources, including NPR of course, went a little bit deeper and explained that what’s ...

Having consulted my identification guides, I concluded that it was a bank vole. This was a revelation as this small mammal was previously found only in Munster and is still the only known vole ...

Squirrels are mostly income breeders, meaning they can produce more offspring if they eat more, so Smith wonders if eating voles could cause squirrels to have more babies. She has other unanswered ...

Vole numbers in California appear to have peaked ... More food, especially a high-quality meat diet, should mean more babies coming out." When asked about the possibility of squirrels taking ...

California ground squirrels, typically known for their herbivorous diet, were observed hunting and eating voles for the first time in July 2024. Researchers documented this surprising predatory ...

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 ...

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

Caption A California ground squirrel in Conta 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 ...

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