Perhaps it's time to replace the canary in a coal mine metaphor with a squirrel in the ground. Because two University of Manitoba studies found that climate change is altering ground squirrels' sperm ...

THESE Cape ground squirrels in South Africa’s portion of the Kalahari desert are mobbing a Cape cobra that has strayed too close to their burrow. You might expect this to end badly for the squirrels ...

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The elusive Franklin's ground squirrel is the subject of a research project to prove their population has in fact declined. The species is currently listed as "undetermined" by the Alberta government.