A quartet of adorable baby squirrels recently got into quite a sticky predicament. The four squirrels were found in Bangor, Maine, with their tails stuck together in a matted collection of plastic, ...

Readers regularly ask about squirrels with missing or damaged tails in their backyards. They worry about the impact on the survival of creatures they’ve come to know as regulars at their backyard ...

Squirrels are extremely cute, agile, friendly and fearless, making them one of the most interesting rodents. They have small heads with big beady eyes, small flexible ears, soft bodies with tiny paws ...

Among the several squirrels that clean up under our bird feeders, there recently have been two with no hair on their tails, a reader wrote recently. “They look like rat tails. Can you shed any light ...

There are many intriguing facts about squirrels—some of which you likely have never even heard before. Squirrels are far more than just those cute creatures who wreak havoc in your garden or cause ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. When it comes to weird wildlife sightings, Andrew Day of Bangor has one for ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many ...

The word "squirrel" comes from the Greek "sciurus," meaning "shadow tail," and refers to the bushy appendage possessed by most all squirrel species. They are members of the rodent family, and Texas is ...