Ground squirrels have turned into carnivorous killers in a local park after vole numbers exploded in Contra Costa County, ...
The rodent has been spotted by stunned scientists hunting and feeding on voles. Ground squirrels are considered a granivorous species, eating seeds and grains. But it turns out they're more of an ...
Advertisment According to Smith, the female squirrels were known to commit infanticide and kill and eat the younger ones of others. The team observed that both male and female squirrels hunted the ...
For the first time, researchers documented these squirrels actively hunting, killing, and consuming voles, which has astonished scientists and changed the understanding of these rodents' ecological ...
A new report from The Wildlife Trusts, The National Water Vole Database Project Report, published today, identifies continued declines in water vole populations set against heartening increases in ...
Have the squirrels gone nuts? Killer squirrels might seem like sci-fi, but squirrels in California have been observed hunting and eating voles for the first time, leading scientists to believe ...