For six to eight months of each year, thirteen-lined ground squirrels don’t leave their small, subterranean dens. Beneath North America’s grasslands, they wait out the cold season hibernating ...

A team of molecular and physiology specialists at the Yale University School of Medicine has uncovered some of the ...

For six to eight months of each year, thirteen-lined ground squirrels don’t leave their small, subterranean dens. Beneath ...

Admittedly, the list of ways ground squirrels help your yard is short. For one, they're a good source of pest control.

As winter approaches and the temperature drops to -30C across parts of Canada, the thirteen-lined ground squirrel nestles one-metre underground in a grass-lined burrow for six months of the year.

This “live” trap and others on the Gunn High School baseball field was used to capture ground squirrels on July 11, 2021. Two of the captured animals died, however, after allegedly being left ...

the southern flying squirrel, the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, the eastern chipmunk and the groundhog (who knew?). The first three on the above list are the most familiar that you probably see ...

The thirteen-lined ground squirrel doesn’t drink during its winter hibernation, even though systems throughout its body are crying out for water. Madeleine Junkins and colleagues now show that the ...