It’s easy to have a love-hate opinion of squirrels. These furry scamps are the clowns of our natural world and aside from entertaining antics, have a lot to offer in our modern urban and suburban ...

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Move over, Fat Bear Week — we've got a new fat animal in town. Every year as fall begins, outdoor enthusiasts observe the holiest of traditions: crowning the fattest bear at Brooks River in Alaska's ...

Squirrels: Are they just rats with better PR? Be advised that this is not safe reading material for squirrel lovers, or even squirrel apologists. In my opinion, squirrels are worse than rats—smarter, ...

Some members of the St. Clair Shores Michigan Residents Group have posted about seeing a white squirrel this October. White squirrels are not endangered or threatened, but can be rare, according to ...

Squirrels are a common sight you might not think twice about. But researchers like UC Davis behavioural ecologist Sonja Wild say there’s a lot they can teach us. For the last few years, she’s helped ...

Have you noticed squirrels going a bit crazy this fall? I mean more than usual? I’ve been hearing a lof of people talking about the long, cold winter in store for us and they say they can tell because ...

The aggressive squirrel that caused a ruckus in San Rafael, biting people and sending at least two residents to the emergency room, was likely raised by humans, according to wildlife experts. Flyers ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (KRON) — Multiple residents of San Rafael, Calif., say aggressive squirrels are terrorizing the neighborhood, sometimes leaving victims with nasty bites or scratches. “I was just ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Residents of a California city are on the lookout for an aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the emergency room for medical treatment. Joan Heblack told ABC ...

Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city are on the lookout for an aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the emergency room for medical treatment. Joan Heblack told ABC affiliate ...