When I was a child, Squirrel Island was another name for heaven, with the blue sky overhead and the blue sea all around it. From 1878, when I was an infant of six months, until 1905, when I was ...

When winter sets in and food becomes scarce, some mammals hibernate, entering a state of deep rest that slashes their energy needs and allows them to fast for months. However, fasting deprives them of ...

Squirrels are incredible little athletes, and their antics are fun to watch. But what’s not fun? When they gnaw on your bird feeder or take up residence in your attic. “You can’t keep squirrels ...

March 3 (UPI) --A network outage that caused several government offices to lose phone and Internet services in an Ohio county is now being blamed on a meddlesome squirrel. Medina County officials said ...

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. Edyth Parker is at the African ...

The squirrel gets on the pitch and a staff member later tries to catch it Getty Images Bees have stopped play at tennis tournaments, ladybirds have brought a halt to Test cricket. Now, squirrels have ...

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A squirrel became the star of one couple's wedding photo after it scurried in front of a photographer's camera lens BDFK Photography Photographers Marcin and Dorota of BDFK Photography "noticed ...

It’s been a tough year, but the Mount Graham red squirrel got through it better than a lot of us did. The population of endangered rodents held steady in 2025, according to the annual count by state ...

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Move over, Fat Bear Week — we've got a new fat animal in town. Every year as fall begins, outdoor enthusiasts observe the holiest of traditions: crowning the fattest bear at Brooks River in Alaska's ...