After watching squirrels in California for 12 years, a team of scientists has ... opportunistically scavenging dead animals or actively hunting them. Now, we have very clear photo and video ...

The squirrels’ carnivorous behaviour peaked during an explosion in vole numbers Out of 74 observed interactions with voles between June and July, 42 per cent involved active hunting of these ...

A UC Davis study showed a nutty novel behavior in California squirrels: They’re hunting like carnivores, taking down and consuming other, smaller rodents. As part of an ongoing 12-year study 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 ...

The squirrels’ carnivorous behaviour peaked during an explosion in vole numbers Out of 74 observed interactions with voles between June and July, 42 per cent involved active hunting of these small ...

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 California ...

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 ...

Squirrels are the most common small game hunted in Ohio, with nearly 22% of survey respondents reporting that they stalked ...

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UW-Eau Claire) and the University of California (UC), Davis, have recorded California ground squirrels hunting, killing, and eating small r ...