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

Glancing around your garden one day, you spot a skittering critter. Suddenly, you spot it again, and you wonder how a hamster got into your yard. However, despite its strong resemblance to a ...

Field researchers at Briones Regional Park in Northern California observed ground squirrels hunting and eating voles, ...

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

Once we started looking, we saw it everywhere.” The team said through videos, photos and direct observations at the park, the authors documented California ground squirrels of all ages and genders ...

"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.

The study, published in the Journal of Ethology, provides evidence that ground squirrels are hunting and eating voles, which are small rodents. It suggests that these squirrels may be ...

A new study from The Wildlife Trusts has identified overall declines in Water Vole populations set against heartening ...

The members of this tiny trio, the white-footed mouse, the vole and the short tailed shrew prefer to live in the woodlands although they can invade barns, outhouses, sheds and homes. They are not the ...