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In parts of Northern California, vole infestations have been observed. At the research site, the study’s authors noted a significantly higher number of voles than average over the past decade.
Researchers from the Long-Term Behavioral Ecology of California Ground Squirrels Project have been watching the California rodents long before publishing their research.
The observations occurred in 2024 — the 12th year of the Long-term Behavioral Ecology of California Ground Squirrels Project conducted at Briones Regional Park in Contra Costa County. Out of 74 ...
The research, published Wednesday in the Journal of Ethology, is part of the Long-Term Behavioral Ecology of California Ground Squirrels Project at Briones Regional Park in Contra Costa County.
California ground squirrels (Otospermophilus beecheyi) might look like your run of the mill bushy-tailed rodent.But these squirrels are anything but ordinary. For the first time, they have been ...
"This was shocking," said lead author Jennifer E. Smith, an associate professor of biology at UW-Eau Claire who with Sonja Wild of UC Davis leads the Long-term Behavioral Ecology of California ...
The observations occurred in 2024—the 12th year of the Long-term Behavioral Ecology of California Ground Squirrels Project conducted at Briones Regional Park in Contra Costa County.
Firefighters watch a 2015 wildfire in northern California. Destructive blazes such as these were less common in the region in the ancient past.(Justin Sullivan / Gettyimages) The Quiroste Valley ...
Speaking to the UC Irvine School of Social Ecology grads, Bonta did not shy away from politics as he issued a call to action ...
But a new study provides the first evidence that California ground squirrels also hunt, kill and eat voles. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 80°F. Sunday, May 18th 2025 ...
Fire season has arrived in California with vengeance in this third year of extended drought for the state. A series of large fires east of Redding and Fresno, in Yosemite, and on the Oregon border ...
The research, published Wednesday in the Journal of Ethology, is part of the Long-Term Behavioral Ecology of California Ground Squirrels Project at Briones Regional Park in Contra Costa County.The ...