A ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds or grains is a common sight. But a new study provides the first evidence that California ground squirrels also hunt, kill and eat voles. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California ground squirrels of all ages and genders were observed actively hunting the small rodents Flesh-eating squirrels which ...

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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, ...

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, ...

A new study showed evidence for the first time of a species of California squirrel's "widespread" hunting of other rodents. The study focused on California ground squirrels at a park in Contra Costa ...

Some East Bay ground squirrels have given up eating only seeds and plants and now are choosing to hunt and eat other rodents. A team of scientists spent 12 years in Briones Regional Park near Martinez ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sonja Wild/UC Davis A photo of a squirrel hunting a vole via UC Davis. Squirrels in California aren't as vegan as people may ...

A California ground squirrel in Conta Costa County runs with a vole it hunted in its mouth. A study from UC Davis and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is the first to document widespread carnivorous ...