It’s an age-old nerd debate: Do vampires melt in the daytime, sparkle in the sunlight, or have an adorable wooly tail? The dreaded tufted ground squirrel, the blood-swilling, tree-born nut lover of ...

Dr Heiko Wittmer, a specialist in conservation and restoration ecology, has been collaborating with Dr Andrew Marshall from the University of Michigan to investigate species interactions across ...

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Ladies and gentlemen, feast your unbelieving eyes on the first recorded footage of this mysterious rodent! Marvel at its massive, fluffy tail! Hear unbelievable stories about its bloodthirsty nature!

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Deep in the rainforests of Borneo lurks the so-called "vampire squirrel ...

According to locals, a mysterious beast lurks deep in the jungles of Borneo. It pounces on unsuspecting deer from the treetops, rips their bodies apart with its razor-sharp teeth and devours their ...

Researchers recently determined that tufted ground squirrel, Rheithrosciurus macrotis, a rarely seen inhabitant of the forests of Borneo, has the bushiest tail, relative to its body, of any mammal on ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. According to local hunters, Borneo’s endemic tufted ground squirrel can kill a deer by dropping down on it from above and tearing out its jugular ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many ...