Meet Gary - the tiny ground squirrel who hangs out in our backyard in Joshua Tree. Today, I built him a tiny replica of our ...

Santa Catalina Island’s ground squirrels, Otospermophilus beecheyi nesioticus, are a subspecies with a mottled coat of cinnamon, silver, and white. Their absence on neighboring Channel Islands raises ...

Certain species of ground squirrels hibernate underground without any food or water for up to eight months of the year. It’s ...

The squirrels were long considered a granivorous species, but this new research suggests they may be more flexible when it comes to their diet.

As for why, it has a lot to do with the fact that rattle snakes eat squirrels. So to protect themselves from becoming lunch, squirrels chew discarded snakeskin and then smear it on their fur to mask ...

Desert Ground Squirrels Two little animals of the Mohave Desert have evolved remarkable adaptations to heat and aridity. Each has adapted in its own way, which apparently enables them to live ...

How ground squirrels spend half of the year curled up without eating a thing and yet manage to maintain their protein balance, barely losing any muscle mass, has been a long-standing mystery. This is ...

Much of the forest ground is covered in rich purple heather, so keep your eyes peeled for scampering red squirrels! Remember that red squirrels are wild, even though they look friendly.

Chipmunks along with groundhogs (also known as woodchucks), marmots, and prairie dogs are all considered ground dwelling squirrels. Take a moment to appreciate our squirrel-related collections images ...