Having been observed for about 3,000 years, the festival originated to give thanks for the fall harvest. In many places, nature also undergoes changes during this time: as the temperature cools ...

Hibernating animals are remarkably good at preserving lean body mass. Though they lose fat, they hold on to most of their ...

The high-profile seizure of a pet squirrel and raccoon in New York prompted New Hampshire lawmakers to consider allowing some ...

Squirrel and dumplings is serious comfort food. Alice Jones Webb “Brunswick stew is what happens when small mammals carrying ears of corn fall into barbeque pits,” Georgia humorist Ray Blount, Jr.

The squirrel census undertaken by Wilson’s students at the University of Nebraska at Omaha has become an annual fall tradition over the past 15 years. Walking or driving slowly down their ...