In the rolling green hills of California’s Briones Regional Park, not far from the urban bustle of Oakland and Berkeley, the ...

A UC Davis study showed a nutty novel behavior in California squirrels: They're hunting like carnivores, taking down and then ...

A study reveals the first evidence of California squirrels eating voles. Experts explain why this phenomenon is critical to ...

We had never seen this behavior before. Squirrels are one of the most familiar animals to people," said one scientist ...

A new study showed evidence for the first time of a species of California squirrel's "widespread" hunting of other rodents.

California ground squirrels that scientists thought ate only grains are eating the voles, according to researchers at ...

A ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds or grains is a common sight. But a new study provides the first ...

A ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds, or grains is a common sight, but a new study from UC Davis suggests ...

A new study from researchers in California and Wisconsin shows that ground squirrels, thought to mainly eat nuts and seeds, ...

The findings fundamentally challenge long-held assumptions about California ground squirrels as primarily granivorous.

The research, published Wednesday in the Journal of Ethology, is part of the Long-Term Behavioral Ecology of California Ground Squirrels Project at Briones Regional Park in Contra Costa County.