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If you have ever spent a morning in a park or your own backyard, you have likely seen a furry tail darting across the grass. But was it a chipmunk or a squirrel? While they might look like cousins at ...

These photographs could be mistaken for the cover of a Disney movie. The pin-sharp images were taken this week in Kirkcudbright by wildlife photographer and workshop leader Paul McDougall, who froze ...

As charming as their acrobatic antics can seem, grey squirrels can cause a surprising amount of damage in gardens by stripping the bark from trees and shrubs, raiding bird feeders (and spreading ...

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Squirrels are capturing attention online with their cleverness and resilience. Their teeth grow continuously, and they support each other in winter. Their name comes from Greek words for shadow and ...

It’s easy to have a love-hate opinion of squirrels. These furry scamps are the clowns of our natural world and aside from entertaining antics, have a lot to offer in our modern urban and suburban ...

TEXAS, USA — Hot on the heels of Alaska's Fat Bear Week, Texas communities are going a little nuts for their own twist on the competition. The inaugural Fat Squirrel Week, run by Texas Parks and ...

The 16-contender bracket came down to each squirrel's heftiness and overall charm Getty Chunkosaurus Rex of Dinosaur Valley State Park won the first-ever Fat Squirrel Week The Texas Parks and Wildlife ...