The city of San Diego will perform ‘eradication’ when considered necessary to reduce the risk of diseases and damage to ...

California ground squirrels are as commonplace as the seeds, acorns, and grains they’re often seen nibbling. Yet, scientists in Northern California recently uncovered an astonishing fact about these ...

For three years now, Sacha Wells, an interpretive ranger for the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, has made “Ground ...

Richardson Ground Squirrels or "dak rats" have been a reoccurring problem at base housing at the nuclear Air Force ...

The ground squirrels produce one litter — which has anywhere from one to 10 babies — each year. The population typically swells after the birth, growing from two squirrels per acre to 20 or more per ...

But Santa Monica is not the only community dealing with these creatures. In 2019, a lack of predators allowed the ground squirrel population to grow at Tres Hermanos Ranch in Chino Hills. In San ...

California ground squirrels of all ages and genders were seen hunting, eating and competing over vole at a local park between June 10 and July 30, but the "carnivorous behavior" peaked during the ...

Oh, and roughly 100 ground squirrels running across the lawn, and occasionally, directly toward you. It almost looks like a scene out of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, just furrier.

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel. Courtesy of the Gracheva lab. Yet unlike a human athlete, the hibernating mammals drinking up their squirrel ‘Gatorade’ didn’t also seem to crave water.

Prior research has shown that the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, which lives on the North American plains, hibernates from six to eight months every year during the winter.Research has also found ...

In addition to its appearance, there's some key evidence you should look for around a hole in your yard to determine whether it belongs to a snake or squirrel.