The Arctic ground squirrel survives conditions that would cause irreparable brain damage in almost any other mammal on the ...

With days starting to get longer and warmer, many creatures are emerging from their winter sleep, ready to find food and restart their normal activities. Photo by Twan Leenders Winter is fading away ...

The primary difference between chipmunk and squirrel species lies in their habitat and storage strategy. Squirrels are the ...

Improved organ transplantation, enhanced anorexia treatments and even the possibility of sending people deeper into space — Yale researchers believe that studying animals’ natural processes, like ...

In this week’s winter wildlife spotlight, I thought a good follow-up to feeder birds would be a discussion about their mammal counterparts that also frequently visit our residential feeding stations ...

The summer foliage of deciduous trees has dropped and their bare limbs are exposed. What is discovered in the bare canopies? The bare winter tree limbs reveal what busy neighborhood squirrels have ...

If you’re like many New Jerseyans, you probably haven’t given much thought to squirrels, except maybe wondering how to keep them out of your birdfeeders. They’re so common in every New Jersey ...