Thirteen-lined ground squirrels resemble chipmunks on steroids. They're about the same length as a chipmunk — 10 inches from tip of nose to tail — but can be double the weight.

The thirteen-lined ground squirrel has an alternating series —approximately 13 in number — of narrow, solid, whitish lines adjacent to broader, darker brown bands containing distinct white ...

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel spotted near Arkansas border, AGFC says "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 ...

The thirteen-lined ground squirrel has an alternating series —approximately 13 in number — of narrow, solid, whitish lines adjacent to broader, darker brown bands containing distinct white ...

UW-Oshkosh is home to the world's only 13-lined ground squirrel breeding colony. Those squirrels will be studied to try and find new treatments for human diseases.

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 ...

The thirteen-lined squirrel, aptly named for the thirteen stripes on its back, spends much of its time above ground dodging angry humans. But for several months of the year, it gets a reprieve ...

To identify how hibernating squirrels pull this off, the researchers analyzed the proteomes of lenses from thirteen-lined ground squirrels and rats and saw that the squirrel cells had more ...

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 ...

A 13-lined ground squirrel eats foxtail grass seeds. Probably the most famous of their ranks is the black-tailed prairie dog, which forms massive “towns” in the central Great Plains states.

How the 13-lined ground squirrel led an East Bay company to a potential half-billion-dollar drug deal Unlock URL Order Reprints Gift this Article ...

The thirteen-lined ground squirrel doesn’t drink during its winter hibernation, even though systems throughout its body are crying out for water. Madeleine Junkins and colleagues now show that ...