When she returned, Seeley said she was shocked to see a particularly “buff” campus squirrel running away with her chemistry lab notebook. “It’s my first year on campus, so it was a bit shocking ...
For six to eight months of each year, thirteen-lined ground squirrels don’t leave their small, subterranean dens. Beneath North America’s grasslands, they wait out the cold season hibernating ...
October is Squirrel Awareness Month, an opportunity to shed light on all the mammal offers the local ecosystem. University of Minnesota student Charlotte Devitz, who is pursuing a doctorate in ecology ...
The long-running study has helped local biologists learn more about the region’s multicolored squirrel population, while providing students meaningful fieldwork close to campus. Brett Andersen ...