Readers regularly ask about squirrels with missing or damaged tails in their backyards. They worry about the impact on the survival of creatures they’ve come to know as regulars at their backyard ...

DEAR JOAN: We put sunflower and other smaller seeds out on our back patio every day in feeders for our myriad bird visitors, and on our back table and around the patio for the birds and several ...

Biologists found the could quite accurately predict what type of predator was threatening a squirrel by analyzing its sounds and tail movements. Everyone has watched squirrels playfully climbing trees ...

Squirrels are extremely cute, agile, friendly and fearless, making them one of the most interesting rodents. They have small heads with big beady eyes, small flexible ears, soft bodies with tiny paws ...

A squirrel twitching its tail does not look dramatic. It is small, quick, and easy to miss. Most people barely notice it or assume the animal is just being jumpy. But that tail movement is doing a lot ...

Ground squirrels heat their tails to defend their young against predatory rattlesnakes, reports a study published in the early online edition of Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Squirrels are not as helpless as they may seem when confronted by rattlesnakes eager to make dinner of their pups. A new study reveals one of their most powerful tactics: the rodents heat their bushy ...