Ready or not, winter is headed our way. The coldest and darkest season of the year runs from Dec. 21, through March 20, which leads to the inevitable question — what type of winter weather can we ...

You might have noticed the squirrels in your neighborhood seem a little on the heavy side this winter. Well, you are not imagining things. According to evolutionary ecologist Dr. Andrew G. ­McAdam, an ...

Q: I have two pecan trees in my rear yard. I have tried everything I can think of to keep squirrels from climbing the trees and eating pecans while they are still green. Is there anything I can do to ...

With writer Sue Pike away, this is a reprised edition of Nature News from August 2023. I put up my bird feeders last week and started thinking about what to do about the squirrels that usually take ...

Grey squirrels, or Eastern grey squirrels, primarily live in the Eastern half of the U.S. and southern Canada. There is also a healthy population in the U.K., where they were imported in the 19th ...