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 Mountains. Although primarily an ...

To varying extents, the gray squirrel resides in the old-growth hardwoods, and mixed hardwood-coniferous forests of the Adirondacks at elevations up to 915 m (3000 ft), ranging in abundance from rare ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Mount Graham red squirrels live only in the isolated “sky island” range in the Coronado National Forest and feed on conifer seeds. Only about 75 remain on Earth. The squirrels’ designated critical ...

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. Hotter, drier conditions ...

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 ...

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 ...