Similar to the Uinta ground squirrel and Ural field mouse, the Utah prairie dog is a small mammal that lives in small social groups that burrow underground. Although it is just one of three ...

By studying the hibernation of a small ground squirrel, researchers from the NIH’s National Eye Institute (NEI) and collaborators in China have identified a protein that may be able to get rid ...

Oct. 6—The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and Purdue Fort Wayne (PFW) have teamed up to return Franklin's ground squirrels to their native Indiana ...

The ancient remains of a ground squirrel dug up by miners near Dawson City, Yukon, still has lessons to teach 30,000 years after it died, an expert says. At first glance, the small, brown ...

In the Adirondacks, the red squirrel is associated with the coniferous and mixed forests at all elevations. Within these habitats, red squirrels build nests 3-18 m (10-60 ft) above the ground inside a ...

They concluded that the first squirrels were arboreal and that ground squirrels evolved from there. The eastern gray and fox squirrels co-evolved with the walnut tree family, which includes hickory ...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources released 25 endangered ground squirrels at Kankakee Sands nature preserve in Newton County. Partners in the project hope to eventually reestablish the ...

This year's finalists have now been announced - and from a bossy penguin to a slapstick squirrel, all manner of creatures are on display. Here, MailOnline looks at the contenders vying for the top ...

Great Western Railway was forced to axe a train service after two squirrels boarded and started terrorising passengers. Pandemonium erupted when the rampaging rodents went off the rails ...

Young fryer squirrels are always a treat. Coated and cooked golden brown, they’re morsels few hunters will ever pass up. But what about those old ones? You know, the squirrels that were probably ...