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 ...

Squirrels are not as helpless as they may seem when confronted by rattlesnakes eager to make dinner of their pups. A new study reveals one of their most powerful tactics: the rodents heat their bushy ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many ...

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 ...

Ground squirrels heat their tails to defend their young against predatory rattlesnakes, reports a study published in the early online edition of Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Q. Three squirrels in our yard have mere stumps of tails, each a different length. What might have happened? Will it affect their health and longevity? A. The tail of the common gray squirrel, Sciurus ...

To protect their young against rattlesnakes, California ground squirrels have evolved a special defense — they heat their tails. Squirrels in the wild wave their bushy tails at snakes in order to look ...

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 ...

There are many intriguing facts about squirrels—some of which you likely have never even heard before. Squirrels are far more than just those cute creatures who wreak havoc in your garden or cause ...

DEAR JOAN: I walked out into my backyard a few minutes ago and saw a blue-tailed squirrel run through my yard. I was baffled. I could not believe what I was seeing. It ran down the hill to the open ...