Diet: A 13-lined ground squirrel’s diet consists of animal and plant foods. Animal matter consists mostly of insects, particularly grasshoppers and the larvae of beetles, moths and butterflies.

Studies have shown the 13-lined ground squirrel has expanded its range in the central part of the continent as agriculture and some types of suburban development have cleared lands that were once ...

Nature: Moths can transfer pollen via their eyes Today, Ohio’s 13-lined ground squirrels are at a low ebb, with small scattered relict colonies in only a dozen or so counties. Losing this ...

Study researchers observed that in the 13-lined ground squirrel, a cataract (red arrow) formed in the animal as it hibernated at low temperatures. The cataract, which is a clouding of the eye&#39 ...

Individuals who spot a thirteen-lined ground squirrel are encouraged to contact Sasse at [email protected] or upload photos to ... Sasse said their defining features are their 13 lines.

We can thank the University of Minnesota for popularizing an obscure but charismatic little mammal. In 1926, Clarence Spears, coach of the football team, officially branded the squad the “Golden ...

How the 13-lined ground squirrel led an East Bay company to a potential half-billion-dollar drug deal. expand. Fauna Bio founders (from left) Linda Goodman, Ashley Zehnder and Katie Grabek.

These 13-lined ground squirrel pups were bred at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. The squirrels are valuable for the study of hibernation and its medical ramifications.

The other day, I was out kicking around a natural area, just enjoying nature with no particular agenda. I imagine a lot of my readers think that I am constantly on the hunt to capture the next wild… ...

URBANA — This past spring, I found myself at a friend’s house enjoying some barbeque on the back deck. He remarked on the issue they had with ground squirrels, burrowing all over their yard ...