A pine marten that was teased by a squirrel into casing it in laps around a tree trunk shouldn’t feel bad. Squirrels evade ...

The Red Squirrel Recovery Network (RSRN) has deployed such thinking in its battle against an invasive foe, Sciurus ...

People are being invited to join a nationwide survey mapping the distribution of red and grey squirrels, and pine martens to mark Red Squirrel Appreciation Day.

British red deer could suffer the same fate as the red squirrel, a study has warned. Red deer are being outcompeted by sika ...

Yesterday, January 21 marks red squirrel appreciation day, dedicated to celebrating the beautiful native red squirrel.

The Mount Graham red squirrel faces "a significant risk of extinction," according to a University of Arizona biologist who monitors them. A captive-breeding program is being contemplated to head off ...

Philip Cox has received funding from the Royal Society. Red squirrels have been replaced over a large part of Great Britain by the non-native grey squirrel, introduced from North America in the late ...

Food scarcity–and food overabundance–can shape their lives forever. By Laura Baisas Published Apr 26, 2024 10:39 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter ...

January 21 is National Squirrel Appreciation Day! The holiday was started in 2001 by wildlife rehabilitator Christy Hargrove, hoping to nudge people toward kinder, more curious attitudes about these ...

DRIVING HOME from work one recent late afternoon on my country road commute, a small dark critter made the mad dash across the road a few dozen yards ahead of my truck. It was well on the other side ...

Medieval residents of Winchester, England, probably got their leprosy from red squirrels in the area, according to a team of archaeologists and geneticists that studied remains from two archaeological ...