By Shanna Hanbury After more than a decade studying California ground squirrels, Jennifer Smith felt she had a solid understanding of their behavior. Then, in the summer of 2024, her students spotted ...

The study suggests that California ground squirrels, previously thought to solely be granivorous species, are actually an ...

The nutria, an invasive swamp-dwelling rodent, is wreaking havoc on California ecosystems ... Davis study found a population of Bay Area ground squirrels hunting and eating voles, suggesting ...

Although these owls are capable of building their own burrows, they generally prefer burrows abandoned by ground squirrels and other small rodents. Burrowing owls in California are found mostly in ...

After more than a decade studying California ground squirrels, Jennifer Smith felt she had a solid understanding of their behavior. Then, in the summer of 2024, her students spotted something she ...