The paper cited previous research that showed squirrels to be “capable of killing and consuming adult fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.” But it remained “challenging to ...

Hibernation is an intricate process where an animal’s body shuts down almost completely in the winter and reactivates in the ...

Sexual maturation takes place during the following spring or summer. Mean life expectancy for a gray squirrel at birth is 1-2 years; the average life span of an adult is closer to 6 years. Records for ...

Squirrel mulligan anyone? The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is ready for a second shot at hosting the 2025 Umarex Big ...

Now in its fourth year, the Umarex Big Squirrel Challenge is an easy-to-join hunting event where teams of two spend an afternoon and morning gathering the three biggest bushytails they can find and ...

Their data, they claim, shows the first evidence of squirrels "repeatedly hunting, killing and consuming adult vertebrate prey in nature." Credit: Journal of Ethology. Jennifer E. Smith ...

Both adult and juvenile squirrels of both sexes participated in hunting voles, with at least 27 different individuals involved. Adult females accounted for nearly half of the traceable hunting ...

Don’t Miss The Biggest Bushytail Competition of The Year Join fellow squirrel hunters at the statewide 2025 Big Squirrel ...