Worsening erosion of the Shell Beach bluffs has pushed the city of Pismo Beach to look at plenty of options to keep the coastal community stable — and now ground squirrels are in the city’s crosshairs ...

Ground squirrels are currently running rampant across many urban and agricultural areas of the US. These rodents may look just like the tree squirrels you're used to seeing, but instead, they burrow ...

They’re Richardson’s ground squirrels — not prairie dogs — that have burrowed beneath some of the athletic fields at Billings parks, endangering athletes and wreaking havoc with turf conditions. The ...

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The Richardson’s ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains. The little creature also is a ferocious tunneler, and it’s ...