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 neighboring state ...

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 ...

A study published in Science today (January 27) offers a clue to this phenomenon: bacteria residing in the gut of thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) convert urea, a molecule ...

Syrian hamsters are native to northern Syria and thirteen-lined ground squirrels to Wisconsin, both chilly climates. “We’re trying to understand the molecular strategies that these animals employ in ...

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 ...