"The last time we knew they were in Arkansas was about 800 to 1,000 years ago when some of their bones were found in ...

A sighting near Branson, Missouri, suggests the species may still be present in the Natural State, an Arkansas Game and Fish Commission official said.

This species is omnivorous and eats substantial quantities of animal foods (more ... Flying squirrels are the most nocturnal and arboreal of the tree squirrels. Although they forage on the ground, ...

Groundhog Day is almost here and although we do not have groundhogs in the Treasure State we do have some close relatives like the marmot, ground squirrels and prairie dogs.

Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil may be the world’s most famous groundhog, but he has a cousin in the Inland Northwest who ...

I often enjoy the more common side of nature, the nature in our own backyards or neighborhood park that we see every day – for example, the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis).

Flying squirrels are the oldest living line of modern squirrels on the planet, having first appeared 30 million years ago. At home in the forest canopy and on the ground, these dexterous, social and ...

While there have been documented cases of ground squirrels eating meat ... The new study suggests the species is “actually is an opportunistic omnivore and more flexible in its diet than ...

As winter approaches and the temperature drops to -30C across parts of Canada, the thirteen-lined ground squirrel nestles one-metre underground in a grass-lined burrow for six months of the year.

This family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels ... There are hundreds of squirrel species around the world and five in Pennsylvania: Eastern Gray Squirrel American Red Squirrel Fox Squirrel ...