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 ...

The tufted ground squirrel, Rheithrosciurus macrotis, is an elusive species living in the dense rainforests of Borneo. Few scientists have set eyes on this rare squirrel, currently listed as ...

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 ...

Among the several squirrels that clean up under our bird feeders, there recently have been two with no hair on their tails, a reader wrote recently. “They look like rat tails. Can you shed any light ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A quartet of adorable baby squirrels recently got into quite a sticky predicament. The four ...

It was the multi-coloured squirrel that took us to Wayanad and the Western Ghats, the mountain range that juts up like a backbone through the southern Indian state of Kerala. Most tourists aim for the ...