It was from the US that the grey squirrel was first introduced to the UK. Two of them have now moved into the attic. I woke ...

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 ...

With their keen sense of smell and laser-like vision, a team of talented dogs from Co Down are helping sniff out endangered ...

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 ...

No not little green men!

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

UC Santa Barbara’s Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration and the Ojai Raptor Center release the ...

They stay warm and dry in their nests (dreys). Grey squirrels were introduced into the UK from North America about 100 years ago and have largely displaced the native red squirrel, which is now only ...