Flesh-eating squirrels which hunt down and devour voles have been spotted for the first time in the wild. Until now, squirrels were thought to be primarily vegetarian, ­cramming their cheeks full of ...

Researchers said in a new study that they were stunned to witness California ground squirrels, who mostly eat nuts and seeds, ...

Throughout the day we enjoy the sight of cardinals, blue jays, juncos, and goldfinches or chickadees fluttering around the ...

Ravenous California ground squirrels have been observed killing and eating small rodents, marking the first widespread ...

It's not unusual to see squirrels eating acorns or other nuts, or seeds; they are considered herbivores though they sometimes ...

In my hands is a squirrel-sicle, or close to it. I’m standing in a walk-in fridge, bathed in red light, cradling a rigid, ...

It's easy to assume that the only thing a cute little squirrel poses a threat to is a nut, but it turns out they could have more of a murderous streak than we realized. After watching squirrels in ...

The squirrels were long considered a granivorous species, but this new research suggests they may be more flexible when it ...

Squirrels are intelligent, agile and curious mammals. For those who feed birds and have tried devising ways to keep the furry ...

One of two scheduled Falcon 9 rocket launches lifted off early Saturday with one going off in California but aborted in ...

Lingering sandhill cranes in Holiday Hills and an astonishing note about hunting, meat-eating ground squireels in California are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

A new study from the U.C. Davis and UW-Eau Claire found that California ground squirrels not only eat nuts and fruit, but ...