Flesh-eating squirrels which hunt down and devour voles have been spotted for the first time in the wild. Until now, squirrels were thought to be primarily vegetarian, cramming their cheeks full of ...

Scientists have for the first time ever found “shocking” evidence of carnivorous behaviour in squirrels — hunting and eating voles in California. Ground squirrels are often seen stuffing their cheeks ...

Out of the 74 observed interactions of California ground squirrels and voles between June and July 2024, 42 percent involved active hunting by the ground squirrels. Sonja Wild, UC Davis Get the ...

A team of scientists researching in California say they’ve recorded multiple instances of ground squirrels hunting and eating voles, describing it as a “novel behavior never previously observed in our ...

It's easy to assume that the only thing a cute little squirrel poses a threat to is a nut, but it turns out they could have more of a murderous streak than we realized. After watching squirrels in ...

PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE ARE TESTING THEIR HUNTING SKILLS IN THE STATEWIDE "BIG SQUIRREL CHALLENGE." THE COMPETITION BEGAN ...

Officials with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish had to scrap their plans for an R3 event earlier this week that was meant to promote small-game hunting and wildlife photography. After ...

I started hunting in September of 1972. Seated on the ground next to my father, I settled the gold front bead of a 410 single shot on a fox squirrel’s head and pulled the trigger. Fifty-two years ...

Squirrel season runs through the end of February, and hunting squirrels is one of the bestways there is to introduce a youngster to the outdoors. It may be more common these days for deer or turkey to ...

Quick Take 1968 legislation mandated the Eastern Gray Squirrel as the official game species to preserve frontier history. The ...

Squirrels belong to a diverse family of mammals that includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, prairie dogs, ...