I test smart bird feeders for a living, and have fought years’ worth of squirrel battles so you don’t have to. These are my ...

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, ...

Squirrels are known for feasting on bird seed and, because to their ability to reach high places and jump daring distances, it often seems that no bird feeder is off limits. Not only do they eat all ...

If you are frequently chasing squirrels away from your bird feeder, you are not alone in your battle against these opportunity-seeking rodents. Once squirrels have located a reliable food source (in ...

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 ...

The thing about squirrel-proof bird feeders is that generally, they're not. The motto for squirrels as a species seems to be, where there's a will, there's a way. They tend to approach anything ...

No one can say how this behavior evolved in time, but in matters where food is involved, squirrels tend to be aggressive. And when they do, humans can’t do anything to stop them. They are always on ...