UMass squirrels seem to be more than just an innocent, furry presence on campus. Walking to class, many students are cut off by these rats blocking the 11 a.m. inflow of traffic through the center of ...

At first, this brown, mangled ball of fur and claws was unidentifiable. But X-ray scans have revealed that this grapefruit-sized lump is a 30,000-year-old mummified ground squirrel from the ice age.

Last week, Furry Boi, a squirrel from Berkeley’s eucalyptus grove, won a student senate seat for the next academic year alongside 19 human candidates. And he barely squeaked in, coming in with ...

Look out your window on any given day, and you might see a squirrel busily collecting nuts and burying them around the yard or scampering across swaying power lines like a trapeze artist. Depending on ...

They're like furry little forest ambassadors, using parks and backyards as their urban embassies. Yet even for people who see squirrels every day, this diverse family of rodents can be full of ...

A Texas woman did not expect the ruckus that ensued when a squirrel and a rabbit both had eyes on food she'd scattered about.

Eastern Fox Squirrels are the largest tree squirrel in North America. They have striking rust-colored fur and a hint of white on their face and chest. Most active during the day, they can be ...

They show the squirrel world in all its furry diversity. Top honors went to Ralph Bernhardt for his photo of a fox squirrel in Norman, Okla. Ralph runs the Instagram account Squirrels of OU from ...