Black squirrels are the result of "interbreeding" between their grey cousins and the North American fox squirrel, a study has concluded. Research published in BMC Evolutionary Biology found the ...

The buds, flowers, and inner bark of all these species, and others, contribute to the late winter and spring diet. Gray squirrels feed extensively on fungi, berries, and fruits during the summer, ...

A furred membrane (patagium) extending between the wrists of the front feet and the ankles of the hind feet distinguish both species of flying ... tail of the southern flying squirrel is drab olive ...

Grey squirrels, or Eastern grey squirrels, primarily live in the Eastern half of the U.S. and southern Canada. There is also ...

Nature's Nursery placed a call for help on social media Wednesday to locate perfect homes for some residents who are ready to return to the wild. The wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center ...

The Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel is the largest variety of tree squirrel in North America — with about half its length taken up by its long, exceedingly fluffy tail. Unlike the chattering, ...

There are about 50 species of flying squirrels ranging across most of North America down into Central America, and stretching from Southeast and Northern Asia into Siberia and Scandinavia.

OLYMPIA, Wash.— The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission today voted to uplist western gray squirrels from threatened to endangered under the state’s endangered species act. Population estimates ...

In the United Kingdom, gray squirrels are an exotic species, first introduced in the 1870s. While the gray squirrel population has grown to an estimated 2.7 million, native red squirrels have declined ...

There are hundreds of squirrel species around the world and five in Pennsylvania: Eastern Gray Squirrel American Red Squirrel Fox Squirrel Northern Flying Squirrel Southern Flying Squirrel The ...

Grey squirrels, or Eastern grey squirrels ... They’re also far too busy trying to keep their species going to take a long winter’s nap.