When you think of squirrels, you probably imagine cute, fluffy-tailed rodents stuffing their faces with nuts. This past summer, however, researchers photographed California ground squirrels viciously ...

It isn’t every day that a Facebook post makes us stop scrolling. When we came across a viral post claiming California ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a squirrel sits eating a vole, pulling its meat with its teeth A compilation of California ground squirrels hunting voles in June ...

A new study from researchers in California and Wisconsin shows that ground squirrels, thought to mainly eat nuts and seeds, catch and eat smaller rodents, too. The study, published in the ...

[WATCH: In the video player above ground squirrels hunting and killing voles in California. Credit: Smith, et al, Journal of Ethology via Storyful] (KTLA/KTXL) — You likely would not be surprised to ...

A UC Davis study showed a nutty novel behavior in California squirrels: They’re hunting like carnivores, taking down and consuming other, smaller rodents. As part of an ongoing 12-year study of ...

First, the predators ripped off the rodents’ heads. Then they dug their teeth into their prey’s torsos, feasting on meat, organs and cartilage. The predators? Squirrels, the populous mammals who have ...

Shocking new footage has captured a species of squirrel hunting other animals for the first time, suggesting they may be evolving to become opportunistic omnivores. New research, published on ...

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 ...

This story was originally published in November 2020. Eating wild game meat is a great way to make your diet leaner, fresher and more sustainable. For sustainable meat aficionados who are not ready to ...