One of a squirrel's most important tools is its impressive nut-cracking, seed-grinding teeth. Two pairs of sharp incisors ...

Research by a University of Alaska Southeast professor published this week helped discover the existence of a new species of flying squirrel, one that has been hiding in plain sight for decades. While ...

BOISE, Idaho — Southern Idaho's sprawling Snake River Plain has been harboring a distinct species of squirrel that's emerged from the underground. Researchers have identified a new species of squirrel ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of giant flying squirrel in China belonging to one of the world’s rarest and most mysterious genera. The first species in the genus, the Namdapha flying ...

I was delighted when a friend sent several photos of a gray squirrel cleaning out and inhabiting a pumpkin. Not everyone would appreciate the squirrel's antics, but now that Thanksgiving weekend is ...

Squirrels seem to be a common mammal encountered throughout daily life. If they’re not in your yard, they’re perched on trees or scurrying across roadways. But one species of squirrel is in danger in ...

Chinese scientists have identified a new species of squirrel in a national nature reserve in the southwest of the country, ...

Described in 1981, the genus Biswamoyopterus is regarded as the most mysterious and rarest amongst all flying squirrels. It comprises two species, each known from a single specimen. Recent research ...

WASHINGTON – The West Virginia northern flying squirrel may have eye-popping ability to glide from tree to tree, but it needed a federal court decision on March 25 to help it land back on the ...

According to wildlife specialists with Utah State University (USU), an invasive species of squirrels has moved to Colorado ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has turned down another petition to list the Western gray squirrel for protection under the Endangered Species Act, the agency said yesterday. A petition filed in ...