Ways to Keep Squirrels Away From Your Bird Feeder Bird feeders are a delightful way to invite avian visitors into your yard, ...

Ground squirrel droppings, preserved for millennia in the Yukon's deep permafrost, have yielded an enormous amount of environmental DNA from dozens of species of plants, insects, microbes and large ...

Ground squirrels spend many months in a winter slumber, and then awake ravenous and eat anything and everything in sight. A study of 700,000-year-old DNA from coprolites — fossilized poo — has now ...

In a new study, fossilized droppings suggested that ancient ground squirrels ate the meat of much larger animals, including mammoths, bison and saber-toothed cats. By Kate Golembiewski During the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ground squirrels go into a hibernation state called torpor for up to eight months. (Alaeddin Cogal/Anadolu via Getty Images) ...

Researchers analyzed permafrost samples collected from ground squirrel burrows that span several glacial periods and can remain frozen and sealed for thousands of years. Hamilton, ON, June 9, 2026 – ...

Discover how ground squirrels survive in the wild by finding food, avoiding predators, and adapting to changing environmental conditions. Their sharp senses, quick movements, and constant alertness ...

When most people imagine paleontologists at work, they likely envision researchers investigating giant dinosaur fossils or a long-frozen woolly mammoth. Sometimes, however, the best snapshots of ...

An artist’s reconstruction of Pleistocene Yukon shows Arctic ground squirrels scavenging meat and foraging on plants within the mammoth-steppe ecosystem. Ancient DNA from their preserved burrows and ...

Santa Monica, California city officials recently posted 'Do not feed' signs in Palisades Park in an attempt to reduce the area's rampant ground squirrel population, which has drastically increased due ...