Worryingly low levels of genetic diversity make Scotland’s red squirrels especially vulnerable to disease, a study has shown.

One of the most majestic birds in the animal kingdom, the scarlet macaw is drenched in hues of red, yellow, and Tuscan blue.

Ms Bailey said she initially found four red squirrels in the North Yorkshire sitka spruce plantation after using thermal imaging cameras to survey the land. She then placed two cameras in the area ...

Philip Cox has received funding from the Royal Society. Red squirrels have been replaced over a large part of Great Britain by the non-native grey squirrel, introduced from North America in the ...

In a town on England's west coast, red squirrels fed by humans were found to have lost muscle mass and experienced changes to the shapes of their skulls. A team of researchers compared the remains ...

Researchers have discovered that giving the species titbits that are softer than their natural diet may be changing their jaw shape and weakening their bite. Normally, red squirrels chomp on hard ...

The red squirrel is the only species of squirrel ... Unfortunately, gray squirrels from North America were introduced to England in the late 1800s. Since that time, the grays have slowly been ...

A new red squirrel colony has been found in the Yorkshire Dales –with the help of a bit of detective work. Thermal imaging cameras, which pick up body heat, were used to detect four individuals from ...