Squirrels have long been associated with acorns and other nuts, but a truly wild (ha) discovery was made by researchers at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) and University of ...

California squirrels aren’t satisfied with granola and soy like their human counterparts… they crave the flesh of other animals. It’s all true. Turns out those adorable park squirrels begging for ...

Squirrels are on the hunt in the California Bay Area. Their target: local voles. The local vole population boomed this year. It was five to six times bigger than normal, Smith says the squirrels took ...

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, with few species ...

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 ...

Squirrels can be pesky for various reasons, but you might've never suspected the bushy-tailed fiend scampering around your garden to be a tomato thief, too. Squirrels do eat tomatoes, which may be why ...