A UC Davis study showed a nutty novel behavior in California squirrels: They're hunting like carnivores, taking down and consuming other, smaller rodents. As part of an ongoing 12-year study of ...

A photo of a squirrel hunting a vole via UC Davis. Squirrels in California aren't as vegan as people may assume. A new study from U.C. Davis and UW-Eau Claire found that California ground squirrels ...

[WATCH: In the video player above ground squirrels hunting and killing voles in California. Credit: Smith, et al, Journal of Ethology via Storyful] (KTLA/KTXL) — You likely would not be surprised to ...

A new study from researchers in California and Wisconsin shows that ground squirrels, thought to mainly eat nuts and seeds, catch and eat smaller rodents, too. The study, published in the ...

“We had never seen this behavior before. Squirrels are one of the most familiar animals to people," said one scientist Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Squirrels in California aren't as vegan as people may assume. A new study from U.C. Davis and UW-Eau Claire found that California ground squirrels not only eat nuts and fruit — but also hunt and eat ...