Today, the British population of red squirrels (approximately 287,000) is mostly restricted to Scotland, northern England and some offshore islands. This fragmented distribution is bad news for ...

Colin Edwards, Head of Environment with Forestry and Land Scotland, said: “Everyone loves red squirrels and would want to save them from the horrible effects of the squirrel pox, a disease that is ...

Normally, red squirrels chomp on hard food such as hazelnuts, pine seeds, acorns and even tree bark. But during the 1990s conservationists provided a local population of red squirrels in Formby ...

The American red squirrel is barely twice the size of a chipmunk and prefers pine forest and pine nuts as a dietary staple.

Groups working to protect the remaining pockets of red squirrels in England say they are "devastated" after an outbreak of a deadly disease was confirmed. Volunteers with Cramlington and District ...

A rare colony of red squirrels has been discovered on a tree plantation in the Yorkshire Dales. The endangered species was identified by Julie Bailey from the UK Squirrel Accord (UKSA), a ...

The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Audubon sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to protect habitat essential to the survival and recovery of southeast Arizona’s ...