When it comes to wildlife animals inhabiting urban areas, public polls typically rank the tree squirrel as a good neighbor – and yet, also a No. 1 problem-maker, according to the Washington Department ...

Last Word is New Scientist’s long-running series in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions, ranging from the minutiae of everyday life to absurd astronomical hypotheticals. To ...

One North Carolina family found themselves reliving a classic scene from the National Lampoon's "Christmas Vacation" movie when a squirrel invaded their Christmas tree wreaking havoc in their home.

Spot the differences between chipmunks and ground squirrels with tips on their looks, tunnels, and winter habits.

No one in the U.S. has ever gotten rabies from a squirrel, but multiple attacks by one squirrel have sent three Marin County ...

The current Readers Digest magazine has an article that mentions that about 1.12 billion squirrels live in the United States at any given time. I’m not surprised. I think that most of them used to ...

Grey squirrels are expected to ruin government plans to plant 1.5 billion trees by 2050, The Times reported. Vanessa Fawcett, campaign director of the Red Squirrel Survival Trust, said the bill for ...

It's easier to stop squirrels from feeding on your trees to begin with than to deter them once they've found your fruit trees, so focus on proactive prevention. Physical barriers, like baffles, are ...