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 ...

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Squirrels: Are they just rats with better PR? Be advised that this is not safe reading material for squirrel lovers, or even squirrel apologists. In my opinion, squirrels are worse than rats—smarter, ...

Squirrels are a common sight you might not think twice about. But researchers like UC Davis behavioural ecologist Sonja Wild say there’s a lot they can teach us. For the last few years, she’s helped ...

Have you noticed squirrels going a bit crazy this fall? I mean more than usual? I’ve been hearing a lof of people talking about the long, cold winter in store for us and they say they can tell because ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (KRON) — San Rafael residents are reporting squirrel attacks around their Lucas Valley neighborhood. In recent days, a squirrel has ambushed and bitten people, residents said.

EAST HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Someone is painting squirrels in East Hartford and animal control has been trying to find out who. The department said two squirrels appear to have been painting in the area ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Y. Lee, M.D., MBA, covers health, medicine, wellness and science The idea of “zombie squirrels” may seem a bit nuts to you.

Sightings of squirrels with sores and tumors have sparked concern among users on social media in recent years, with more disturbing-looking squirrels spotted across the U.S. and Canada in recent ...

There are increasing reports of the cute furry little squirrels of North American backyards being replaced with tumor-ridden rodents that appear painfully disfigured. These trends first started in ...

Long associated with the city of Kent and celebrated as Kent State University’s unofficial mascot, the black-furred variant of the eastern gray squirrel has quietly but steadily made inroads ...

In July 2025, a rumor spread across social media that squirrels in California were turning carnivorous, prompting people to search our site for the truth behind the claim. While the language used in ...