California ground squirrels are as commonplace as the seeds, acorns, and grains they’re often seen nibbling. Yet, scientists ...

Richardson Ground Squirrels or "dak rats" have been a reoccurring problem at base housing at the nuclear Air Force ...

California ground squirrels of all ages and genders were seen hunting, eating and competing over vole at a local park between June 10 and July 30, but the "carnivorous behavior" peaked during the ...

Ground squirrels generally live on the ground or in burrows, in contrast with British tree squirrels, such as the red and grey, which make their homes in trees. Tree squirrels have large bushy tails, ...

Gary is a tiny ground squirrel who’s taken up residence in our backyard in Joshua Tree - and I decided he deserved his own ...

Every spring, a new litter of ground squirrels make its way to the surface of Palisades Park, eventually becoming accustomed to people and their delicious handouts. But the city of Santa Monica is ...

Ground squirrels are wary and shy animals, but it is possible to observe three different species in our Northcentral Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma region. One species is more likely to be ...

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel. Courtesy of the Gracheva lab. Yet unlike a human athlete, the hibernating mammals drinking up their squirrel ‘Gatorade’ didn’t also seem to crave water.

A. Ground squirrels seem to have increased in population during this drought. It may be due to the squirrels moving to yards where they can get water as the native landscape dries up.

The ground squirrels produce one litter — which has anywhere from one to 10 babies — each year. The population typically swells after the birth, growing from two squirrels per acre to 20 or more per ...

When arctic ground squirrels hibernate for the winter, they can lower their body temperatures to freezing levels and stay dormant for up to eight months. Researchers at the University of Alaska ...

Ground squirrels. This type of squirrel primarily lives in forests, burrowing in the ground and hibernating during winter months. Flying squirrels. They don’t actually fly, ...