Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With a mouth full of hazelnuts, a ground squirrel pauses while raiding a nut harvesting machine on a farm in rural western Oregon.

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My six-year-old daughter jumped up and down with excitement, her eyes sparkling as she motioned toward the gray squirrel lying at the base of a cedar tree. “I got it! I got my first squirrel,” she ...

Last year, New York state authorities seized and euthanized an Instagram-famous squirrel named Peanut and a raccoon named Fred. In New York, it’s illegal to keep animals like squirrels and raccoons as ...

Thirteen-lined ground squirrels hibernate for more than half of each year. Studying their extreme behavior has yielded biological insights and could lead to biomedical breakthroughs. Credit: Tyler ...

The first hour after finding an injured squirrel is about stabilization, not treatment or recovery. Your goal is to reduce ...

Growing up in the suburban New York City area, surrounded by beech/oak forest, we sat in a wonderful place to enjoy the seasonal comings and goings of a wide variety of birds. And since my parents ...

In a Pittsfield backyard, a juvenile red-tailed hawk learns to hunt through a series of failed chases, stolen kills and ...

The California ground squirrel seems innocent. A familiar sight to hikers, the plump rodent can often be seen contentedly chewing on grasses, seeds and berries. Diver strikes up unlikely friendship ...