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 ...

Source: Charles J. Sharp, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) listen in to birds’ conversations for cues about nearby ...

It might sound nuts. But the squirrels are definitely listening. For years, researchers have known that squirrels can eavesdrop on other species’ alarm calls to cue into dangerous situations that they ...

when they feel safe to communicate the absence of danger or share their location. This "chatter" from multiple bird species could therefore be a useful cue to other creatures that there is no imminent ...

It turns out that squirrels have their own special twitter to assess if they are in danger. The rodents appear to use the idle conversation of multiple bird species to assess if they are safe to come ...

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 ...

When you go for a walk at the local city park, you’re likely to see a high number of gray squirrels crawling in and out of trees. In some high-traffic parks, those very same squirrels will likely be ...

It turns out that pulling a wagon laden with cat litter buckets and speakers around a small college town in the dead of winter can invite questions from strangers. When Oberlin College undergraduate ...

Grey squirrels eavesdrop on the chatter between nearby songbirds as a sign of safety. Grey squirrels eavesdrop on the chatter between nearby songbirds as a sign of safety. Birds chatter when they feel ...