If you've spotted a critter swooping into your nest box at night, it might not be a bird! Get to know America's too-cute ...

In a new study, fossilized droppings suggested that ancient ground squirrels ate the meat of much larger animals, including mammoths, bison and saber-toothed cats. By Kate Golembiewski During the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you live in the city or the suburbs, we're all familiar with the humble squirrel. With their fluffy tails and agile limbs, ...

Savvy Squirrel is the mascot for the latest government campaign to get people investing, rather than “squirrelling away” their money in savings accounts. But there is something you should know about ...

“I think we named the event Squirrel Fest because there is a squirrel in our logo,” says Allison Johnson, director of community engagement for Pease Park Conservancy, an advocacy group. In addition, ...

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The e-cigarette scourge is has become so virulent that even the squirrels are apparently getting hooked on vaping. In a viral video circulating online, a gray squirrel is seen toting an automated ...

A 58-year-old woman in Greece appears to hold the record for growing a parasitic sheep bot fly in her nose the longest, almost creating a snot rocket that could literally fly. Usually, when the sheep ...

In 2017, a wildfire raged across a drought-sick mountain in Southern Arizona and nearly wiped out a subspecies of red squirrel found nowhere else on the planet. In the aftermath of the Frye Fire — ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Arctic ground squirrel survives conditions that would ...