Many people are familiar with flying squirrels and red pandas, but imagine an animal that looks like a combination of both: ...

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Christian Cotroneo is the social media editor at Treehugger. He is a founding editor at HuffPost Canada, and former writer at The Dodo and Toronto Star. At first glance, it's easy to mistake a ...

Squirrels love fruit trees not only for their sweet produce but also for the essential nutrients, seeds, and nuts. So how should you keep these critters out of your trees? The various solutions can be ...

Garden Detective: The Western gray squirrel is native to oak-pine forests in California’s foothills, but it likes backyard fruit trees, too. Matthew Vander Haegen Experts tackle readers’ garden ...

Straight out of a scene from a “National Lampoon’s” movie, a North Carolina family got a pre-holiday surprise when a squirrel took up residence inside their Christmas tree. The unwanted early Yuletide ...

Have you ever seen a squirrel flicking its tail and wondered why? We have the answer—plus answers to other questions about ...

The Austin Fire Department responded to a call right before April Fool's Day about a squirrel that managed to get its head stuck in the knothole of a Texas tree Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at ...

Salina firefighters rescued this squirrel from a tree after it got its head stuck in an Easter egg. Lindsay Garber Courtesy Photo A squirrel with its head stuck in an Easter egg was rescued from a ...