You can see them all year round chasing through the trees, cracking nuts, or disappearing swiftly into the leaves—squirrels seem so familiar that it’s easy to forget how little we actually know about ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. By the time New York Climate Week wrapped up in September this year, Robin Whytock had a point to make. Over the course of the summit, the ...

Researchers think they have debunked the origin of Chicago’s so-called “rat hole,” one of the Windy City’s weirdest local landmarks. Hold on. The rat hole wasn’t what you think. It wasn’t some back ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city are on the lookout for an aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the emergency room for medical treatment. Joan ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city are on the lookout for an aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the emergency room for medical treatment. Joan Heblack ...

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The Richardson's ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains. The little creature also is a ferocious tunneler, and it’s ...

MINOT, N.D. -- The Richardson's ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains. The little creature is also a ferocious tunneler, and it's ...

Richardson’s ground squirrels are native to North Dakota’s prairie lands, but they’ve thrived in the urban environment where fewer predators can check their growing numbers. MINOT, N.D. — The ...