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.

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. PETA offers to replace Punxsutawney ...

Source: Charles J. Sharp, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) listen in to birds’ conversations for cues about nearby ...