For years, I’ve enjoyed the acrobatic antics of gray squirrels as they chase one another up and down tree trunks and through the high branches in the yard — and even as they use their ingenuity to get ...

Question: A couple of black squirrels have been joining the merry band of gray squirrels marauding my bird feeders. What causes this color change, and how common is it? Answer: Recent research from ...

The other day as my wife and I walked into Hannaford, a man stopped me and said that I should write about the black gray squirrels that he is seeing in Delhi. He told us that he had never seen them ...

Squirrels can be found in all sorts of habitats, from boreal forests to suburban backyards. But let’s be honest; you don’t ...

A melanistic Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 29, 2024. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images) Correction: A previous ...

Common mammals like gray squirrels are often overlooked. When a striking black squirrel appears, everyone takes notice. They are actually the same thing; let me explain. First, we need to look at the ...

Research published in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology has shed new light on why some grey squirrels are black. The study was led by Dr Helen McRobie of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), who has ...

I have a confession: I don’t understand the hate people have for squirrels. I don’t understand the eagerness for building “squirrel-proof” bird feeders and such. Yes, squirrels can be greedy little ...

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The longer days with plenty of sunlight and milder temperatures have slowed the activity at my bird feeders. I still get about eight kinds of birds visiting each day, but those that come by seem to ...

Michigan has four species of tree-dwelling squirrels, which are red, fox, gray, and flying. Red squirrels, which are found statewide, are much smaller than gray and fox squirrels and tend to prefer ...

Most Penn students know that black squirrels are a common sight on campus now, but the unofficial fixtures of campus culture were likely introduced to Penn over 200 years ago. “Black squirrels” — a ...