His short round ears just behind his large dark eyes. What a cool critter. It was a thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus). For some crazy reason, I haven’t had an ...

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 ...

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.