These squirrels seem frantic as they return to the pile of nuts, carefully select another and race off toward the trees. The squirrels are “caching,” which means they are storing food away in ...

Beechnuts, acorns, hickory nuts, and other large seeds which southern flying squirrels begin storing in late summer in their nests, the ground, and in and around trees form an important part of the ...

A buffy or white eye-ring is present in all seasons. This common tree squirrel of the Adirondacks is about half the size of a gray squirrel, and is stouter, longer, and lacks the dorsal stripes of the ...

Squirrels are often seen as harmless animals, scampering about parks or trees, munching on nuts and ... described the behavior as surprising. She explained that they witnessed attacks that ...

“The fox squirrel is the largest tree squirrel in North Carolina, nearly twice the size of the more common gray squirrel,” said the state’s Facebook post. How big do they get? “When I saw ...