From darting across busy streets to raiding backyard bird feeders, squirrels have mastered urban living in ways that surprise ...

How human activities negatively affect urban red squirrels' problem-solving skills and potentially their chances of thriving is revealed in newly published research from the universities of Chester ...

Scientific investigations before and during the COVID-19 lockdown in Berlin in 2020 show that urban red squirrels are extremely flexible in adjusting their diurnal activities to the presence of humans ...

The Richardson's ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains. The little creature is also a ferocious tunneler, and it's exasperating the people ...

A new study in Science finds that the longer a mammal species is traded, the more pathogens it shares with humans. An ant ...

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When you think of squirrels, you probably imagine cute, fluffy-tailed rodents stuffing their faces with nuts. This past summer, however, researchers photographed California ground squirrels viciously ...

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 ...