A single squirrel can bury up to 3,000 nuts in a season in a process known as caching. It can store nuts across dozens of locations and even spatially organize them by type.

I was recently asked by a local TV news station to answer a question about how squirrels find their buried nuts. This is a great example of super cool things that go on in nature that most people ...

A squirrel day seems to consist primarily of burying and retrieving nuts. But upon closer observation, there's a little more to this.

Well, squirrels impressively manage to find these food caches months after burial using spatial memory, involving various landmarks (e.g., this nut is buried between the garbage can and the driveway).

“Squirrels clean the nut off, and then they carry the nut away from the parent tree,” Jacobs said. “They carry the nut to an open place, and they bury it an inch down. It’s perfect; it germinates in ...

How do squirrels remember where they bury their nuts? 02:36. MINNEAPOLIS — Have you ever lost your keys or phone in your own home? When it comes to finding things, squirrels may have a leg up on us.

A squirrel day seems to consist primarily of burying and retrieving nuts. But upon closer observation, there's a little more to this.