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 ...

The North American squirrel is an oft-seen but under-recognized staple of North America. They operate on a low-key level but are adaptable enough to survive the waves of human development that have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Squirrels in Texas are "splooting" earlier than usual this year in response to soaring temperatures. While the instinctive sprawl ...

In the rolling green hills of California’s Briones Regional Park, not far from the urban bustle of Oakland and Berkeley, the squirrels are not what they seem. Instead of simply stuffing their cheeks ...

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, ...

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, with few species ...

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 ...

In pop culture, squirrels are often seen as jerky, excited critters on the hunt for nuts to stuff themselves with and tuck away for later. But... Scientists document carnivorous squirrels in ...