In the Adirondacks, the red squirrel is associated with the coniferous and mixed forests at all elevations. Within these habitats, red squirrels build nests 3-18 m (10-60 ft) above the ground inside a ...

Plans for new homes have received a fresh wave of objections amid fears over their potential impact on red squirrels.

In the starkness of winter, squirrel dreys reveal themselves in the tree canopy. They’ve been there all along — just screened ...

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 ...

Recently a new visitor showed up at my bird feeding area by the house. Every once in awhile one of these creatures will show ...

Mr Dobie said new surveys carried out on his behalf in the summer confirmed his ecologist's previous conclusion there were no red squirrels nesting, nor breeding, at the site. Residents and the ...

Soft diet, weak jaws. If red squirrels eat too many peanuts, their jaws end up weaker than the jaws of squirrels eating natural diets, researchers report January 15 in Royal Society Open Science.

Instead they store food during the summer and autumn to access during the winter. They stay warm and dry in their nests (dreys). Grey squirrels were introduced into the UK from North America about 100 ...

There are nine species of squirrels in the Upper and Lower Peninsula of Michigan. To honor National Squirrel Appreciation Day learn more about them.