I often enjoy the more common side of nature, the nature in our own backyards or neighborhood park that we see every day – for example, the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). It’s likely ...

Watch a squirrel in Florida eating a whole lizard and then learn more about just how varied a squirrel's diet actually is!

The “Squirrels are not endangered” letter (Our Readers’ Views, June 1) may cause confusion in calling for the Western gray squirrel to be removed from the endangered species list. The Western gray is ...

Individual eastern gray squirrels are all about food. They consume about two pounds of food per week. That is about 100 pounds in a year. They mainly are vegetarians, eating various nuts and other ...

It's fall, which means the squirrels are out in force eating up all your bird seeds and pumpkins. Here's how to stop them.

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence.

Gray and red squirrel sightings are common, but what about a white or black squirrel? Here's what to know about rare colored squirrels.

I test smart bird feeders for a living, and have fought years’ worth of squirrel battles so you don’t have to. These are my ...

Things may get a bit nutty out in Central Park — now that a squirrel census has made its way to the city. That’s right, this month volunteers will make their way to Central Park to count these furry ...

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