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

Squirrels are abundant in the wild, though they have many predators, including the dreaded rattlesnake. But the small mammals do not simply flee their slithering reptile enemies. In a surprising twist ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Squirrels are abundant in the wild, though they have many predators, including the dreaded rattlesnake. But the small mammals do ...