Large adults weigh 240 g (8.4 oz). The range of the red squirrel is from the tree line of North America south into the northern U.S., the Northeast, and continuing in the Rocky and Appalachian ...

The northern flying squirrel occurs throughout the Adirondacks, replacing the southern flying squirrel at higher elevations. Northern flying squirrels prefer coniferous and mixed forests, but they ...

In northern Scotland, red squirrels almost exclusively eat pine cone seeds which they extract by gnawing away the cone scales one by one. In northern England’s mixed deciduous and coniferous ...

That’s because red squirrels prefer to build theirs in pines and other coniferous trees, while grey squirrels go for ...

Lots of animals inhabit this coniferous forest, including the Siberian flying squirrel - and what a looker it is, with those big black eyes! It is a shy, nocturnal animal and it doesn’t ...

There are six “crossbill” species and only two breed in the Adirondacks, the red crossbill being one. Find them with these tips.

Its northern counterpart nests and lives among conifers like spruce ... and the scientists want to learn what it means for the squirrels. The southern variety’s presence could be putting ...

Gracefully gliding between trees at night in search of a feast of truffles, the San Bernardino flying squirrel is one of the most distinctive nocturnal residents of Southern California's ...

A new red squirrel colony has been found in the Yorkshire Dales –with the help of a bit of detective work. Thermal imaging cameras, which pick up body heat, were used to detect four individuals from ...

Telescope construction, wildfires and fires set unnecessarily to protect the telescopes have pushed the squirrels to lower elevations and mixed-conifer forests that lack official habitat designation.