OLYMPIA, Wash.— The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission today voted to uplist western gray squirrels from threatened to endangered under the state’s endangered species act. Population estimates ...

“Squirrels are remarkably good at what they do,” said John L. Koprowski, co-author of the book “North American Tree Squirrels ...

The gray squirrel’s appearance differs seasonally. The yellowish brown summer coat becomes thicker and gray in winter, the pelage of some individuals strikingly silver-gray. Underparts and eye-rings ...

Wildlife biologists are concerned about the decline in the woodrat population because they’re a key part of mountain ecosystems.

including a suit by Washington-based Judicial Watch, which is seeking written and video records of the seizure. “The heartless killing of ‘Peanut the Squirrel’ by New York state bureaucrats ...

The Washington ... on gray wolves, revealing a slight increase in wolf packs but a decrease in the overall wolf population. The report, published Saturday, shows a 9% drop in the state's wolf ...