A ground squirrel stand at alert at Eldwayen Ocean Park in Shell Beach on May 5, 2025. The squirrels’ burrowing is contributing to erosion issues along the Pismo Beach bluffs. The city’s ...

Footage shows the agitated ground squirrels standing on their hind legs, shoving each other head-to-head in a tense standoff on May 10. Moments later, the furry rivals broke apart and backed away ...

Thirteen-lined ground squirrels hibernate for more than half of each year. Studying their extreme behavior has yielded biological insights and could lead to biomedical breakthroughs. Credit: Tyler ...

Every spring, a new litter of ground squirrels make its way to the surface of Palisades Park, eventually becoming accustomed to people and their delicious handouts. But the city of Santa Monica is ...

By Lauren Leffer Certain species of ground squirrels hibernate underground without any food or water for up to eight months of the year. It’s a super-extreme survival strategy, enabled by a ...

What is a “golden gopher"? It’s the 13-lined ground squirrel, a relative of prairie dogs. Ground squirrels and their prairie-dog brethren are primarily westerners. Probably the most famous of ...

The California ground squirrel seems innocent. A familiar sight to hikers, the plump rodent can often be seen contentedly chewing on grasses, seeds and berries. Sargent Ranch: Landowners who ...

It’s all light work for this unlikely predator: the California ground squirrel. “I could barely believe my eyes,” said Sonja Wild, a postdoctoral research fellow at UC Davis. “Once we started looking, ...

The study suggests that California ground squirrels, previously thought to solely be granivorous species, are actually an "opportunistic omnivore" with a more flexible diet than previously assumed ...

Researchers have identified a new species of squirrel in Idaho called the Snake River Plains ground squirrel. Like its name suggests, the species of squirrel lives along the Snake River Plain in ...