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 ...

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 ...