"The last time we knew they were in Arkansas was about 800 to 1,000 years ago when some of their bones were found in ...

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

A 75% concentration has been approved to protect seeds from thirteen-lined ground squirrels, but many repellents you can buy ...

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.

Fauna looks for natural protective mechanisms in animals, and the Lilly alliance will draw on work the biotech has carried out on the genomics of the 13-lined ground squirrel, a hibernating ...