SAN FRANCISCO -- Traditionally known for stuffing their cheeks with nuts, squirrels can be carnivorous - though recorded instances of the rodents hunting and killing other live vertebrates are rare, ...

California ground squirrels (Otospermophilus beecheyi) might look like your run of the mill bushy-tailed rodent. But these squirrels are anything but ordinary. For the first time, they have been ...

Have the squirrels gone nuts? Killer squirrels might seem like sci-fi, but squirrels in California have been observed hunting and eating voles for the first time, leading scientists to believe that ...

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, ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — What can humans learn about love from other species? A fuzzy little prairie vole led researchers from the University of Texas at Austin to more answers on how to find lasting ...