As one of the types of foods squirrels eat, nuts only last so long before they begin to go bad. For instance, acorns from red oak trees germinate during spring after being dormant through winter ...

WASHINGTON - Squirrels might look like adorable, nut-hoarding furballs, but some are ruthless predators that hunt, tear apart, and devour voles.

To capture the photos, Weggen makes use of the squirrels’ curiosity. “Some of the squirrels are very curious and don’t shy away from human interaction,” Weggen said, adding, “Sometimes they crawl on ...

Squirrel sneaks into bin to steal sunflower seeds and then eats so many that it struggles to squeeze out again Squirrel breaks into a bin full of bulk buy sunflower seeds meant for garden birds ...

WASHINGTON -- Squirrels might look like adorable, nut-hoarding furballs, but some are ruthless predators that hunt, tear apart, and devour voles. That's the startling finding of a ...

Between June and July, researchers recorded 74 interactions involving California ground squirrels and voles, with 42 percent of them involving active hunting of their fellow rodents.