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

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 new study ...

(KTLA/KTXL) — You likely would not be surprised to see a ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds or grains. Researchers in one part of California, however, have found squirrels ...

Sonja Wild/University of California, Davis/AFP Squirrels might look like adorable, nut-hoarding furballs, but some are ruthless predators that hunt, tear apart, and devour voles. That's the ...

A ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds or grains is a common sight, but a new study from UC Davis suggests that California ground squirrels also hunt, kill and eat voles.

Traditionally known for stuffing their cheeks with nuts, squirrels can be carnivorous — though recorded instances of the rodents hunting and killing other live vertebrates are rare, with few ...

New findings released by University of California, Davis researchers on Wednesday purports to show the first evidence of widespread carnivorous behavior in squirrels. Researchers say the study ...

Have the squirrels gone nuts? Killer squirrels might seem like sci-fi, but squirrels in California have been observed hunting and eating voles for the first time, leading scientists to believe ...

Scientists have discovered that in addition to seeds and nuts, some California ground squirrels also eat voles. “This was shocking,” said Jenn Smith, an ecologist at the University of ...