Squirrels in Texas are "splooting" earlier than usual this year in response to soaring temperatures. While the instinctive sprawl may be downright adorable, its early appearance is a warning sign of ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Traditionally known for stuffing their cheeks with nuts, squirrels can be carnivorous - though recorded instances of the rodents hunting and killing other live vertebrates are rare, ...

Wildlife agencies counted 232 squirrels on Mount Graham, about the same as a year ago, which is good news during a drought.

The Mount Graham red squirrel continues its climb back from the brink, seven years after a wildfire nearly wiped it out. The endangered rodent’s numbers have jumped by more than 61% over the past year ...

It was about five springs ago when a woman who lived near Cass City called me and asked if I knew anyone local who could get rid of nuisance animals. Her husband had passed away and she had decided to ...