Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California ground squirrels of all ages and genders were observed actively hunting the small rodents Flesh-eating squirrels which ...

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When you think of squirrels, you probably imagine cute, fluffy-tailed rodents stuffing their faces with nuts. This past summer, however, researchers photographed California ground squirrels viciously ...

A squirrel chewing on the top of a carved pumpkin - Neil_bayles/Getty Images Few things signal the arrival of fall quite like a pumpkin patch in the garden or a few carved pumpkins displayed on the ...

(CNN) – Some squirrels in California have an extensive palate. The furry creatures are traditionally known for feasting on nuts, berries and the like, but scientists recently noticed one type of ...

Some of them sneak up when you’re not looking. Some are brazen enough to do it right in front of you. But all of them — every squirrel — eat pumpkins. And I’ve had it. It’s bad enough that these ...

A reader, responding to my post “I Just Saw a Squirrel Eating an Avocado” (voted yesterday as “the best Slog post of all time”), writes: You want a squirrel eating exotic fruit? Here is one eating a ...