"We had never seen this behavior before." Researchers stunned by shocking behavior of ground squirrels in California: 'I ...

“We had never seen this behavior before.” Most people are very familiar with squirrels, accustomed to seeing the animals on their streets or in their yards. And Smith is even more so—since ...

A UC Davis study found a population of Bay Area ground squirrels hunting and eating voles, suggesting the species may be more flexible in its diet than previously thought.

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 ...

Originally, this interest in squirrel populations started as a long-term study in the San Francisco Bay Area of these squirrels’ social behavior by Jennifer Smith, associate professor of Biology ...

But a new study by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the University of California, Davis, suggests the eating habits of California ground squirrels could be shifting. According to a release ...

However, actively hunting adult mammals still marks a significant shift in the squirrels' behavior. The team observed the squirrels hunting California voles (Microtus californicus californicus ...

The gray squirrel’s appearance differs seasonally. The yellowish brown summer coat becomes thicker and gray in winter, the pelage of some individuals strikingly silver-gray. Underparts and eye-rings ...

LOS ANGELES — A UC Davis study showed a nutty novel behavior in California squirrels: They're hunting like carnivores, taking down and then consuming other, smaller rodents. As part of an ...