BRANSON, Mo. — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) said there is no clear evidence proving the thirteen-lined ground squirrel has inhabited Arkansas for centuries, but a sighting in a ...

Ground squirrels are wary and shy animals, but it is possible to observe three different species in our Northcentral Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma region. One species is more likely to be sighted ...

Thirteen-lined ground squirrels are a particular pest of crop seed in both farm fields and vegetable gardens. Thirteen-lined ground squirrels are not very territorial, so in areas of abundant food and ...

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

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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's lens, ...