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

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 ...

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, ...

Prior research has shown that the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, which lives on the North American plains, hibernates from six to eight months every year during the winter.Research has also found ...

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.

Oh, and roughly 100 ground squirrels running across the lawn, and occasionally, directly toward you. It almost looks like a scene out of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, just furrier.

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.

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 ...