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

Some East Bay ground squirrels have given up eating only seeds and plants and now are choosing to hunt and eat other rodents.

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

Now, scientists have found unprecedented evidence of another type of squirrel exhibiting carnivorous behaviors, including hunting, killing and eating voles, according to a new study. The research ...

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 ...

Scientists thought this species stuck to eating grains, but this summer's open season on voles suggests otherwise.

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, ...

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

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 ...

The squirrels were long considered a granivorous species, but this new research suggests they may be more flexible when it ...