This, the Adjidaumo of Longfellow’s celebrated poem Hiawatha, is the voice of the Adirondack’s brooding forests. The red squirrel’s appearance varies seasonally. The paler, reddish to olive gray coat ...

Apart from these differences, and larger size, the northern flying squirrel resembles the southern. Adults are 250-298 mm (10-11.7 in) in total length, and weigh 75-125 g (2.6-4.4 oz). The range is ...

Feeding birds is a popular pastime, with many gardeners topping up bird feeders all throughout the year. But it’s not just the birds that love the food. Squirrels will also want to raid the bird ...

Although grey squirrels are commonly found in gardens, red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) are very rare and have become restricted to just a few areas of Britain. This decline is partly due to the ...

Namely, you’re sure to run into a lot of squirrels, even in the densest urban areas. And if you happen to live on a college ...

Please verify your email address. This interview took place before Squirrel With a Gun's release. Squirrel With a Gun is very much a game that lives up to its title, as players take on the role of ...

This story appears in the February 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Squirrels aren’t natural city slickers. In 1856 the sight of one in a tree near New York’s city hall so shocked ...

One of the most notable of these is squirrel. It may seem odd to a lot of people, but surveys have indicated that around 1.8 ...

A ranger at the MalaMala Private Game Reserve in South Africa spotted a leopard in a tree and soon realized a squirrel was in the tree, too. Then the fun began. “Being about 100 times smaller ...

A grey squirrel which attacked and injured 18 people has been captured and put down. The animal earned itself the nickname Stripe after the vicious character in the film Gremlins. It started ...

Young fryer squirrels are always a treat. Coated and cooked golden brown, they’re morsels few hunters will ever pass up. But what about those old ones? You know, the squirrels that were probably ...