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Squirrels could be the key to getting us into deep space

What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer…

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Flying squirrels the size of cats soared over prehistoric Appalachia

Recently analyzed fossils finally confirm a longtime paleontological theory: Flying squirrels the size of domesticated cats glided across the Bering…

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Hibernation scientists studying squirrels could get humans to deep space

In my hands is a squirrel-sicle, or close to it. I’m standing in a walk-in fridge, bathed in red light,…

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Carnivorous squirrels documented in California

A ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds or grains, is a common sight. But a new study provides…

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‘Shocking:’ These squirrels are hunting and eating other rodents

California ground squirrels (Otospermophilus beecheyi) might look like your run of the mill bushy-tailed rodent. But these squirrels are anything…

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How hibernating squirrels go more than six months without water—and don’t get thirsty

For six to eight months of each year, thirteen-lined ground squirrels don’t leave their small, subterranean dens. Beneath North America’s…

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