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.

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

So, let’s look at these amazing squirrels and their incredible ability to bury nuts and find them later. The Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) is a large tree dwelling squirrel found ...

A squirrel day seems to consist primarily of burying and retrieving nuts. But upon closer observation, there's a little more to this. First, a squirrel is not the type to put all its money in one ...

Now is the time squirrels bury nuts to prepare, known as caching, a word from Latin “cogere,” to collect, via French “cacher,” to hide, conceal. Eastern grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) — ...

“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.