It's a familiar frustration for bird lovers: the careful stocking of feeders, only for agile grey squirrels to effortlessly snaffle seeds and fatballs. Over the years, desperate measures to stop these ...

The physical barrier is probably the first thing that comes to mind when you think of keeping squirrels out of your bird feeder. Ideally, after a barrier is applied, your bird food will be easy to get ...

Growing up in the suburban New York City area, surrounded by beech/oak forest, we sat in a wonderful place to enjoy the seasonal comings and goings of a wide variety of birds. And since my parents ...

Flesh-eating squirrels which hunt down and devour voles have been spotted for the first time in the wild. Until now, squirrels were thought to be primarily vegetarian, cramming their cheeks full of ...

Baffles and pole-mounted feeders block squirrel access if placed strategically. Cayenne-mixed seed and caged feeders provide mixed results for squirrel control. Clean feeder areas and offer squirrels ...

There's a wide variety available on the market, many of which encase the food within cages too small for squirrels and larger birds like magpies and pigeons to access. Some are more effective than ...

Gardeners are being urged to put tabasco or hot sauce on their bird feeders as soon as they can this October to help feed ...

Researchers said in a new study that they were stunned to witness California ground squirrels, who mostly eat nuts and seeds, hunting and eating voles. First, the predators ripped off the rodents’ ...

Alice Gibbs is a Newsweek Senior Internet Trends & Culture Reporter based in the U.K. For the last two years she has specialized in viral trends and internet news, with a particular focus on animals, ...