This year however it has highlighted that despite a Herculian effort in Cumbria to preserve the endangered species, the ...

Unlike many other mammals, grey squirrels don't need to hibernate. They have plenty of strategies for staying warm. Find out ...

A rare colony of red squirrels has been discovered on a tree plantation in the Yorkshire Dales. The endangered species was identified by Julie Bailey from the UK Squirrel Accord (UKSA), a partnership ...

In the Northeast, all squirrel species — grey, red, and flying — make dreys, but grey squirrel dreys are the easiest to spot.

Although grey squirrels are commonly found in gardens, red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) are very rare and have become restricted to just a few areas of Britain. This decline is partly due to the ...

Philip Cox has received funding from the Royal Society. Red squirrels have been replaced over a large part of Great Britain by the non-native grey squirrel, introduced from North America in the ...

Recently a new visitor showed up at my bird feeding area by the house. Every once in awhile one of these creatures will show ...

"The plantation owners were delighted." Red squirrels are native to the UK but their population has been driven to the verge of extinction by grey squirrels. There are thought to be just 160,000 ...