Squirrels across Georgia are busy building leaf nests this month — a seasonal behavior that helps them survive the colder nights.

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

Up and down the hallway, the lights were out in all the classrooms and laboratories, along with the refrigerators, air conditioning units and lab equipment. I guess I’d better go and get it. One of ...

Essentially, Perlut says squirrels visualize a color-coded mental map of their territory: one “color” for where they buried ...

The longer days with plenty of sunlight and milder temperatures have slowed the activity at my bird feeders. I still get about eight kinds of birds visiting each day, but those that come by seem to ...

As scatterhoarders, Sciurus carolinensis (Eastern Gray Squirrel) usually rely on food they buried during fall to survive cold winter months. However, the range of this species includes areas of the ...

For Georgia’s four native squirrel species, October is a critical month. Their top priority now is gathering up and hoarding acorns, hickory nuts, seeds and other fall bounty for winter. Squirrels don ...

MUNCIE, Ind. – You can’t step outside this time of year without spotting squirrels racing across your yard, pausing in front of your car, or scampering up a tree with a nut. Squirrels are one of our ...

Live-capture and translocation are methods to deal with nuisance eastern gray squirrels in North America, but it is unknown how these methods affect squirrel physiology or survival. In this study we ...