A squirrel has gone viral after it refused to back down and defended itself from a menacing rattlesnake. The tense showdown happened around 6 p.m. on June 11 at the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Think Wild, Central Oregon’s wildlife hospital and conservation center, said Monday it recently admitted an orphaned northern flying squirrel for rehabilitation. The young female ...

The smoggy, litter-swept stretch of the Cross Bronx Expressway leading to the Throgs Neck Bridge is not a place you’d expect to find a police checkpoint for illegal hunting. But each fall, it becomes ...

With a sweltering heat wave sweeping across Texas far earlier than usual, a quirky and adorable behavior has made an early appearance: splooting squirrels. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ...

Have you ever wished you could make friends with the squirrels that visit your yard every day? If so, you aren’t alone. Those chittering little animals look cute, and with their high-energy antics, ...

The species in which monkeypox virus naturally circulates is uncertain, but wildlife surveillance data suggest that the fire-footed rope squirrel is a likely candidate.

PHOENIX -- A federal judge has run out of patience over what he said is an "unreasonable delay" by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in coming up with a plan to protect the habitat of the endangered ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. The Durham City Council is taking the first steps toward possibly regulating whether residents can feed wildlife in their yards, a ...