The News For Squirrels

The British war against grey squirrels is once again in the news. Earlier this year, Prince Charles engineered a "squirrel accord"...

As cold weather sets in and we complain about the freezing temperatures during our morning drive to work, it's easy to forget that wild ...

A few weeks ago I shared the plan of Berkeley, California to exterminate the California ground squirrels living in Cesar Chavez Park due to...

The city of Berkeley, California is known as a center of tolerance and compassion, but a recent proposal by the city government goes against...

Is it possible that global warming could be causing the creation of new species of squirrels and other animals? According to a story on the ...

The San Diego Zoo is reporting on the initial success of a project to help restore populations of burrowing owls in San Diego county by intr...

Just a note to anyone who stumbles across this blog: on the right-hand side of this page you will see a widget where you can click to sign m...

The American red squirrel, also known as the pine squirrel and the chickaree, is a medium-sized tree squirrel that inhabits much of the nort...

I have written about the black-tailed prairie dog before on this blog. Yesterday I created a petition on the Care2.com website to try to he...

This excellent recent essay on the Chattanooga website Nooga.com notes an apparent absence of gray squirrels in that city , and ponders the ...

Continuing on the topic of squirrels and global warming, a study just released by the University of California-Berkeley looks at how climate...

The Columbian ground squirrel is found in high meadows and grasslands of eastern British Columbia and western Alberta in Canada, and parts o...

According to the Chicago Sun Times, squirrel sightings have become increasingly rare this summer, even in areas where the rodents are usuall...

The website ClickLiverpool.com is reporting a strong increase in the population of Eurasian red squirrels in a wildlife conservation area n...

The Kaibab squirrel is a subspecies of the Albert's squirrel, a large tree squirrel of the Rocky Mountain and plateau regions of the wes...

Last week we arrived at our new home in Lubbock, Texas. Taking a break from the work of moving in, a few days ago we visited one of the loca...

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark announced yesterday that he will donate one dollar to the National Wildlife Federation for every tweet on T...

The Delmarva fox squirrel is an endangered subspecies of the fox squirrel of North America. Historically, this large tree squirrel inhabited...

The black footed ferret is a member of the mustelid, or weasel, family. Although it is obviously not a squirrel, its survival depends on the...

Today I am featuring another endangered squirrel. The Mount Graham red squirrel is a subspecies of the North American red squirrel. It lives...