Nearly all grandparents, it seems, think their grandkids are pretty special. They tell themselves their perfect little gems are scholarly, athletic, cute, clever and astonishingly talented in so many ...

We might be able to learn a thing or two from squirrel instincts. Researchers at Oberlin College — biologist Keith A. Tarvin and two of his students, Marie V. Lilly and Emma C. Lucore — published a ...

Squirrels are capricious little creatures. And aside from taunting the neighborhood dogs and using your gutters as water slides, it appears they also eavesdrop on bird chatter to gauge their safety. A ...

A new study has concluded that following a threat, squirrels in the wild use the ambient chatter of birds to help determine when the danger has passed. Share on Pinterest A new study describes an ...

Which squirrel call is best? You have probably heard a squawk when you pass by a tree and assumed it was a bird. Chances are, that sound was made by a squirrel. Squirrels are very vocal. Using a ...

Squirrels are capricious little creatures. And aside from taunting the neighborhood dogs and using your gutters as water slides, it appears they also eavesdrop on bird chatter to gauge their safety. A ...

It will come as no surprise to squirrel lovers — and haters, for that matter — that the twitchy, resourceful rodents are exquisitely attuned to the world around them. Researchers at Oberlin College ...

Believe it or not, despite the noise and danger of highways, squirrels actually find the noise reassuring. Find out why.

In a new study out of Oberlin College, researchers found that "eastern gray squirrels eavesdrop on non-alarm auditory cues as indicators of safety" We might be able to learn a thing or two from ...