Ground squirrels have a surprising survival trick. They use the smell of rattlesnakes to hide their own scent from predators.

In a battle between a California ground squirrel and a rattlesnake, many would put the odds on the rattlesnake to come out ...

PINE SPRINGS, TX -- You may want to think twice the next time you want to get up close and personal with the squirrels that hang out in your local park. The National Park Service sent out this picture ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hole in the ground that could be home to a squirrel or a snake - Mariana Pryimachuk/Getty Images Finding holes in your yard can ...

Nature is full of instances where survival is all about intelligence rather than physical prowess. Perhaps one of the most interesting examples of such intelligence is found in ground squirrels, which ...

The squirrels are not limited to the use of shed snake skins, as they also pick up snake odor from soil and other surfaces on which snakes have been resting, and use that to apply scent. Other rodents ...

SALT FLAT, Texas – The image of a squirrel about to feast on a snake has gone viral. It was posted on the Guadalupe Mountains National Park Facebook page on July 6. According to the caption on the ...

BOISE, Idaho — Southern Idaho's sprawling Snake River Plain has been harboring a distinct species of squirrel that's emerged from the underground. Researchers have identified a new species of squirrel ...