Every year, squirrels bury thousands of nuts, yet they only recover about a quarter of them. This is not due to forgetfulness ...

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 ...

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Two species of tropical flying squirrels have worked out that if they nibble grooves around nuts to store them between tree branches, they are preserved for longer. When you purchase through links on ...

Wilson Kerr lives in Concord and is an avid outdoorsman and amateur naturalist. This column is the first in a series, designed to help grow awareness of the wonders of nature. In this increasingly ...

Many of our wildlife neighbors disappear in winter, either migrating, hibernating or largely staying hidden during frigid days and nights. One exception to the rule is the dogged squirrels in my ...