For the first time, scientists documented concerted carnivory by California ground squirrels. But why were there so many ...

On a recent drive back from Denver International Airport, I saw a coyote running through a prairie-dog town. It was the fifth coyote I saw that morning between Estes Park and Denver, but this one ...

However, the burrowing owl is the only one that nests in underground burrows, hence their common name. Sometimes the burrowing owl will take over an old prairie dog or ground squirrel burrow and ...

While squirrels usually live in trees, chipmunks live in a burrow with a series of tunnels. Though they are both known to eat ...

The newly identified Snake River Plains ground squirrel was discovered to be a genetically distinct species after research ...

The nematode, officially named Panagrolaimus kolymaensis, was discovered at a depth of 40 meters inside a fossilized burrow ...

Unlike tree squirrels, ground squirrels use their claws to dig and burrow into the earth. Dr. Bryan McLean is a biologist and researcher as the University of North Carolina, Greensboro who ...