Gray squirrels are arboreal acrobats, climbing, running and leaping about trees, their sharp claws gaining a purchase on slippery bark, long tails balancing and breaking leaps, long slender bodies ...

An eastern gray squirrel pokes its head out of its drey, a nest built high up in a tree. (Sunflower Shots/iStock) Why are squirrel tails so fluffy? Squirrels use their tails for many things, including ...

The general color of the upper portions of the body, head and tail of the southern flying squirrel is drab olive gray, darkest and almost black at the edges of the membranes. The underparts of the ...

Conservationists have been alarmed by the appearance of a grey squirrel near Oban. The animal has been seen on the Isle of Seil, one of Argyll's Slate Islands about 100 miles (161km) from the ...

Turns out, the antelope squirrel is one of the most common mammals seen in the Anza-Borrego Desert area, and easily ...

The five juvenile squirrels had to be anaesthetised before their tails could be separated A US wildlife centre has saved five young grey squirrels after their tails became dangerously fused together.

There are few native species quite like the western gray squirrel. With their voluminous tails, curious faces and white bellies, they’ve long been a favorite backyard visitor for Californians ...

A study published in the journal Pest Management Science sheds light on the behavior of gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) ...

Western gray squirrels superficially resemble invasive eastern gray squirrels, but they are bigger and have bushier tails. They’re also never found in towns or cities. Instead, the squirrels are found ...

The Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel is the largest variety of tree squirrel in North America — with about half its length taken up by its long, exceedingly fluffy tail. Unlike the chattering, ...