In a social media landscape where AI images and videos are becoming the norm, it can be difficult to decipher what is real and what is not. Videos that feature wild animals are of particular concern, ...

EAU CLAIRE — Through a continuing research of California ground squirrels and a discovery of their unique predatory behavior, students and professors at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and ...

California ground squirrels are as commonplace as the seeds, acorns, and grains they’re often seen nibbling. Yet, scientists in Northern California recently uncovered an astonishing fact about these ...

A ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds or grains, is a common sight. But a new study provides the first evidence that California ground squirrels also hunt, kill and eat voles. The ...

Some East Bay ground squirrels have given up eating only seeds and plants and now are choosing to hunt and eat other rodents. A team of scientists spent 12 years in Briones Regional Park near Martinez ...

In pop culture, squirrels are often seen as jerky, excited critters on the hunt for nuts to stuff themselves with and tuck away for later. But... Scientists document carnivorous squirrels in ...

A recently released study changes what scientists thought they knew about squirrel behavior after the adorable critters were ...

We all know squirrels love nuts, seeds and grains — filling their cheeks with the day's foraging. But a new study by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the University of California, Davis, ...

For most of us, squirrels are harmless, slightly chaotic nut-hoarders. You can see them darting across sidewalks, digging up flowerbeds, and staring through windows like they pay rent. They're ...

It's not unusual to see squirrels eating acorns or other nuts, or seeds; they are considered herbivores though they sometimes eat insects as well. But researchers now have evidence that when presented ...

Ravenous California ground squirrels have been observed killing and eating small rodents, marking the first widespread carnivorous behavior documented among the species. The squirrels, rodents ...

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 carnivorous ...