The News For Squirrels

Most people go to national parks like the Grand Canyon to appreciate the majestic scenery and the wildlife that these beautiful places offer...

The shrew-faced squirrel ( rhinosciurus laticaudatus ) is a ground squirrel that inhabits mature forests of Borneo, Singapore, Sumatra, and ...

Update April 3, 2014: Today the Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice of intent to sue the US Fish and Wildlife Service for failin...

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

Just as the eastern gray is the most familiar squirrel in much of North America, the Eurasian red squirrel is the most common squirrel speci...

The San Joaquin antelope squirrel, also called the Nelson's Antelope squirrel, inhabits the San Joaquin valley of central California. It...

The European ground squirrel, also called the European souslik, is one of only two species of ground squirrels that inhabit Europe. Its rang...

Today, in Albany, New York, wildlife rehabilitator Carrie Leo is presenting almost 15,000 petition signatures at a news conference with NY s...

I have not yet found a photo of the new squirrel bridge in Longview that I wrote about in my last post. However, I did just run across this ...

I want to share some happy news today. One of my favorite towns, Longview Washington, will soon see its third squirrel bridge. The twelve fo...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. For squirrels, that is. This is the story of two small towns. Although on opposite ...

The town of Holley, New York is certainly no friend to squirrels. The fire department of this small upstate community is planning to hold th...

The golden-mantled ground squirrel is a small ground squirrel of western Canada and the United States. It is found in southeastern British C...

Mary Krupa is a student at Penn State University. Last year, after seeing some other students feeding the campus squirrels, she decided to t...

The thirteen-lined ground squirrel is probably the second most common native squirrel in the area of west Texas where we live. It is a small...

The town of Olney, Illinois has for decades been noted for its large population of white squirrels . There are competing stories of the orig...

When most Americans think of squirrels, we think of the eastern gray, the familiar bushy-tailed tree squirrel of parks and suburban yards. B...

The Alpine Marmot is a ground squirrel that lives in high grasslands of the Alps and other European mountain ranges. Their range includes pa...

The variegated squirrel is a tree squirrel that makes its home in southern Mexico and Central America, from the Chiapas region in the north ...