Flesh-eating squirrels which hunt down and devour voles have been spotted for the first time in the wild. Until now, squirrels were thought to be primarily vegetarian, cramming their cheeks full of ...

Squirrels have some mysterious behaviors. For instance, the reason these rodents run in front of cars is a defensive tactic that they use to evade predators (although it's no match for speeding ...

I was recently asked by a local TV news station to answer a question about how squirrels find their buried nuts. This is a great example of super cool things that go on in nature that most people ...

I, personally, could write about squirrels every week for a year. These are one of those common animals that are so much more than meets the eye. In response to my last squirrel column, I was asked ...

“We had never seen this behavior before. Squirrels are one of the most familiar animals to people," said one scientist Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

DEAR WILDLIFE LOVER: I share your fascination with squirrels, which are abundant in New England. Gray squirrels are the most common, followed by red squirrels (which, curiously, are absent from Martha ...

Wilson Kerr lives in Concord and is an avid outdoorsman and amateur naturalist. This column is the first in a series, designed to help grow awareness of the wonders of nature. In this increasingly ...