Squirrels can be pesky for various reasons, but you might've never suspected the bushy-tailed fiend scampering around your garden to be a tomato thief, too. Squirrels do eat tomatoes, which may be why ...

Every autumn, tree squirrels quietly pull off one of the most impressive logistical feats in the animal world, hiding ...

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 ...

SD: Yeah, so one urban study estimated gray squirrels retrieve about 85 percent of their cached nuts, or, you know, whatever ...

Red squirrel’s speed, hypervigilance and agility help them evade predators such as weasels, pine martens, raptors and fishers ...

Squirrels are famously forgetful in popular culture, yet field studies show they can relocate roughly 85 percent of the nuts ...

DEAR JOAN: Sometimes the squirrels in our backyard run along the top of the fence — there is a big oak tree on the left that is their home — but then they will suddenly stay really still and lie flat, ...

Q: I have a number of very old Norway spruces that are at least 100 feet tall and, I am sure, 120 years old. Something bizarre has been going on with the trees. The very ends of the branches are ...

Reporting from Berkeley — On a recent day, three UC Berkeley researchers scanned the leaf-strewn campus hunting for treasures. They were armed with equipment that looked like metal detectors, but ...

Last week, during California’s worst September heat wave on record, Akvile DeFazio noticed the squirrels in her La Verne neighborhood acting weird: “just plastered on the sidewalk,” she said, not ...

When it comes to drivers running over animals by accident, a lot of attention is rightfully focused on deer, since they are the animals that are run over the most nationwide, resulting in the most ...

Dog walks are one of the great joys of having a four-legged friend, with the twice-daily routine a great way to exercise and bond with your pet. However, what can start as a quiet stroll through the ...