At a picnic area or campsite, you might see what appears to be a giant chipmunk but in fact is a golden-mantled ground squirrel. Both chipmunks and these ground squirrels are omnivores that eat plants ...
Maddie Bender: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Maddie Bender. Compared to its more famous, bushy-tailed cousin the tree squirrel, the golden-mantled ground squirrel looks a lot ...