Eastern gray squirrels may appear to be routine backyard wildlife, yet in Kentucky, they hold formal recognition alongside ...

Up and down the hallway, the lights were out in all the classrooms and laboratories, along with the refrigerators, air conditioning units and lab equipment. I guess I’d better go and get it. One of ...

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 ...

Of the four types of squirrels that live in my neighborhood only the red and gray squirrels have been visiting the feeders. Chipmunks, the smallest members of the squirrel family, aren’t around in the ...

Squirrels and possums apparently think being king of the road means piling up the most road-kills for your species. Although possums ordinarily win the I-got-hit-by-a-big-truck award, squirrels seem ...

It’s easy to have a love-hate opinion of squirrels. These furry scamps are the clowns of our natural world and aside from entertaining antics, have a lot to offer in our modern urban and suburban ...

Squirrels are famously forgetful in popular culture, yet field studies show they can relocate roughly 85 percent of the nuts ...

NEW YORK — Attention, urban rodent fans. On Saturday, an army of clipboard-wielding enumerators fanned out across the 840 acres of New York City’s most beloved green space in search of a skittering ...

Q. I have fed squirrels in my backyard for years and enjoyed their antics when they chase one another and jump from tree to tree. I try to figure out whether they are playing, mating or fighting.