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.

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 ...

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 ...

The California ground squirrel seems innocent. A familiar sight to hikers, the plump rodent can often be seen contentedly chewing on grasses, seeds and berries. SeaWorld San Diego changes shark story ...