Philip Cox has received funding from the Royal Society. Red squirrels have been replaced over a large part of Great Britain by the non-native grey squirrel, introduced from North America in the late ...

California ground squirrels (Otospermophilus beecheyi) might look like your run of the mill bushy-tailed rodent. But these squirrels are anything but ordinary. For the first time, they have been ...

“We had never seen this behavior before. Squirrels are one of the most familiar animals to people," said one scientist Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

(CNN) – Some squirrels in California have an extensive palate. The furry creatures are traditionally known for feasting on nuts, berries and the like, but scientists recently noticed one type of ...

The primary difference between chipmunk and squirrel species lies in their habitat and storage strategy. Squirrels are the ...