October is Squirrel Awareness Month, an opportunity to shed light on all the mammal offers the local ecosystem. University of Minnesota student Charlotte Devitz, who is pursuing a doctorate in ecology ...

Eastern gray squirrels may appear to be routine backyard wildlife, yet in Kentucky, they hold formal recognition alongside ...

The UF/IFAS Leon County Extension Office and I have been receiving a lot of calls lately about squirrels. This is no surprise, as Tallahassee is a city within a forest, and the most common herbivore ...

Squirrels are a common sight you might not think twice about. But researchers like UC Davis behavioural ecologist Sonja Wild say there’s a lot they can teach us. For the last few years, she’s helped ...

Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years. He has often returned to the forest floor knowing if a ball of twigs and moss within the tree contained newborn red squirrel ...

Out of the 74 observed interactions of California ground squirrels and voles between June and July 2024, 42 percent involved active hunting by the ground squirrels. Sonja Wild, UC Davis Get the ...

Red squirrels of the Yukon who survive their first year of life can expect to live three and a half years, on average. Life in the Yukon can be tough for young red squirrels. Frigid winters, food ...

Eureka Springs is a hot spot for spotting these white squirrels, with all kinds of tall tales, stories, and folklore about ...