October is Squirrel Awareness Month, an opportunity to shed light on all the mammal offers the local ecosystem. University of Minnesota student Charlotte Devitz, who is pursuing a doctorate in ecology ...
For six to eight months of each year, thirteen-lined ground squirrels don’t leave their small, subterranean dens. Beneath North America’s grasslands, they wait out the cold season hibernating ...
Squirrels are incredible little athletes, and their antics are fun to watch. But what’s not fun? When they gnaw on your bird feeder or take up residence in your attic. “You can’t keep squirrels ...
He has often returned to the forest floor knowing if a ball of twigs and moss within the tree contained newborn red squirrel pups. Over the years, those squirrels have taught Boutin and his ...
Getty Images Squirrels are incredible little athletes, and their antics are fun to watch. But what’s not fun? When they gnaw on your bird feeder or take up residence in your attic.
An AI program, Squirrel Agent, identifies red and gray squirrels with 97% accuracy to aid conservation. The program helps control gray squirrels and supports red squirrel populations with feeders ...
The thirteen-lined ground squirrel doesn’t drink during its winter hibernation, even though systems throughout its body are crying out for water. Madeleine Junkins and colleagues now show that ...
Living at another house I would hear flying squirrels somehow drop from the attic down through the laundry drop. I’d find them and they welcomed me to release them into the woods. They learned ...
As I turned a corner by a few trees, I noticed a few squirrels scurrying around, seemingly bickering over something. Then, when they separated, I saw something quite unusual: An albino squirrel.