Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With a mouth full of hazelnuts, a ground squirrel pauses while raiding a nut harvesting machine on a farm in rural western Oregon.

Watch a charming wildlife moment as a ground squirrel pauses to enjoy a meal in its natural habitat. While feeding, this ...

Squirrels are abundant in the wild, though they have many predators, including the dreaded rattlesnake. But the small mammals do not simply flee their slithering reptile enemies. In a surprising twist ...

First, the predators ripped off the rodents’ heads. Then they dug their teeth into their prey’s torsos, feasting on meat, organs and cartilage. The predators? Squirrels, the populous mammals who have ...

Ground squirrels have a surprising survival trick. They use the smell of rattlesnakes to hide their own scent from predators.

SAN FRANCISCO -- 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, ...

An albino squirrel peeks out from within a tree. Courtesy of City of Olney, Illinois Early one morning, licensed wildlife rehabilitator Belinda Henton was making her rounds in the annual albino ...

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 ...