And the winner is: Ralph Bernhardt, a student at the University of Oklahoma, took top honors in the 2023 Squirrel Photo Contest with this picture of a curious fox squirrel. (Ralph Bernhardt ...

Western gray squirrels are getting harder and harder to find in Washington state. Their habitat is disappearing due to timber harvests, wildfires, land conversion and climate change. We speak with ...

Squirrels. With their bushy tails and irreverent leaps, they've stolen GoPros, outsmarted bird feeders and even caused city-wide blackouts. At the same time, they've planted entire forests, ...

California ground squirrels deviating from a steady diet of nuts, seeds or grains was "shocking," said Jennifer E. Smith, study lead and associate professor of biology at UW-Eau Claire.

A new study from the U.C. Davis and UW-Eau Claire found that California ground squirrels not only eat nuts and fruit, but also hunt and eat voles in the summer months, which are small mouse-like ...

Undergraduate researchers Tia Ravara from UW-Eau Claire, left, and Ryann Su of UC Davis watch a squirrel during the 2023 field season. They were part of "Team Squirrel," a long-term research project ...