Essentially, Perlut says squirrels visualize a color-coded mental map of their territory: one “color” for where they buried ...

It’s that time of year again when animals start preparing for the cold winter months, building nests and dens, and gathering ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Have you ever lost your keys or phone in your own home? When it comes to finding things, squirrels may have a leg up on us. Diane in Red Wing emailed us wondering: How do squirrels ...

Squirrels have some mysterious behaviors. For instance, the reason these rodents run in front of cars is a defensive tactic that they use to evade predators (although it's no match for speeding ...

Two species of tropical flying squirrels have worked out that if they nibble grooves around nuts to store them between tree branches, they are preserved for longer. When you purchase through links on ...

Autumn's arrival sees squirrels engaging in 'caching,' a sophisticated survival strategy. They meticulously hide thousands of ...

PITTSBURGH -- A woman in Pittsburgh discovered that a squirrel had been hard at work, storing nuts in the hood of her car. She found more than 200 walnuts and a bunch of grass stuffed inside. The car ...

Traditionally known for stuffing their cheeks with nuts, squirrels can be carnivorous — though recorded instances of the rodents hunting and killing other live vertebrates are rare, with few species ...