In a social media landscape where AI images and videos are becoming the norm, it can be difficult to decipher what is real and what is not. Videos that feature wild animals are of particular concern, ...

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The Richardson’s ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains. The little creature also is a ferocious tunneler, and it’s ...

Squirrels are a common sight you might not think twice about. But researchers like UC Davis behavioural ecologist Sonja Wild say there’s a lot they can teach us. For the last few years, she’s helped ...

Worsening erosion of the Shell Beach bluffs has pushed the city of Pismo Beach to look at plenty of options to keep the coastal community stable — and now ground squirrels are in the city’s crosshairs ...

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 ...

A California ground squirrel in Contra Costa County runs with a vole it hunted in its mouth. A study from UC Davis and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is the first to document widespread ...

Like other wildlife, you can identify squirrels from a distance by their habitats and behavior.

Beneath the surface of Eagle County are colonies of burrowing, and vocal, ground squirrels. Known as the Wyoming ground squirrels, the species are one of six kinds of ground squirrels in Colorado, ...