Some see squirrels as adorable, bushy-tailed creatures that run in circles around tree trunks before they finally race up ...

Just how smart is a tree squirrel? This is the time of the year when they bury acorns for safekeeping. Obviously, they don't follow that by pulling a paper map out of their britches' pocket and ...

If anyone has either trees in their yards, or if you have a bird feeder, you are familiar with squirrels. These acrobats, pests, robbers and property-damagers are present all over Ohio. They are so ...

Squirrels belong to a diverse family of mammals that includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, prairie dogs, ...

Sitting in my campsite at Goblin Valley State Park, I saw an antelope ground squirrel standing erect on its back feet, which ...

The Austin Fire Department responded to a call right before April Fool's Day about a squirrel that managed to get its head stuck in the knothole of a Texas tree "This is not an April Fools' Day joke," ...

The summer foliage of deciduous trees has dropped and their bare limbs are exposed. What is discovered in the bare canopies? The bare winter tree limbs reveal what busy neighborhood squirrels have ...

Uneven, bumpy ground: Your mower dips and bounces instead of gliding smoothly — a sure sign the soil beneath has been ...

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 ...

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a Mount Graham red squirrel in the Pinaleno Mountains of Arizona. Marit Alanen / AP The person who figures out how to eliminate ...

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