Christian Cotroneo is the social media editor at Treehugger. He is a founding editor at HuffPost Canada, and former writer at The Dodo and Toronto Star. At first glance, it's easy to mistake a ...

Andrea Wishart has received funding from the Northern Scientific Training Program, American Society of Mammalogists, and Sigma Xi. Long-term research for the Kluane Red Squirrel Project has received ...

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An animal is said to sploot when it lies flat to the ground or the floor or some other surface with its four legs spread wide. You may have seen it in your dog or cat. But now, across the U.S., people ...

Everyone knows that the internet’s primary purpose is to provide a constant stream of animal videos. Central Oregonians, however, don’t need to log on to get their daily dose of adorable critters. The ...

— Cora Wieneke, Mount Horeb, Wis. A Erin Flynn, conservation education curator at Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wis.: Squirrels, beavers, chipmunks and rabbits all have similarly shaped teeth because ...

“I had trouble with squirrels and chipmunks digging up my tulip and crocus bulbs last fall. Tulips and crocuses are a couple of my favorite spring flowers, and I am planning to plant them again this ...