They'd been following squirrel behavior for 12 years before making the observation. "I could barely believe my eyes," study lead author Jennifer E. Smith said, according to ScienceDaily.

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 ...

This risky behavior benefits other individuals in the squirrel’s group. Other examples of altruistic behavior include sharing nesting space and helping to raise offspring of an unrelated individual.

This, the Adjidaumo of Longfellow’s celebrated poem Hiawatha, is the voice of the Adirondack’s brooding forests. The red squirrel’s appearance varies seasonally. The paler, reddish to olive gray coat ...

Inspired by squirrels, scientists built a robot that lands on narrow perches—advancing agile robotics for disasters and space ...

An adorable video of a rescue cat treating a new squirrel toy as her baby has captured the hearts of TikTok users. User Faith ...

An adorable video of a rescue cat treating a new squirrel toy as her baby has captured ... in cute video Cats are famous for their impish behavior, but a rescue cat’s winsome video shows her ...

A leaping robot could have application in search and rescue, construction, even forest monitoring. But how do you design a ...

The bill was introduced to prevent another situation like one in New York where an illegal pet squirrel was taken and ...

How do genes and the environment come together to shape animal behavior? Both play important roles. Genes capture the evolutionary responses of prior populations to selection on behavior.

Where there are trees, there are often squirrels. However, as this video shows, baby flying squirrels taking flight is something entirely different to behold. I’ll readily admit I don’t get to see ...

A leaping robot could have application in search and rescue, construction, even forest monitoring. But how do you design a robot to stick a landing on a branch or pipe? Biologists worked with robot ...