I often enjoy the more common side of nature, the nature in our own backyards or neighborhood park that we see every day – for example, the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). It’s likely ...

The Veterans Administration campus near UCLA was once a home for former Civil War soldiers. Many were from the South, and some brought their pet squirrels along when they traveled west (“pets,” that ...

Meet the eastern fox squirrel, Southeast Missouri's largest native squirrel, known for raiding sweetcorn patches and feasting ...

If you live in the United States, you’re probably surrounded by these little gray rodents. But how much do you really know about the creatures frolicking through your backyard? 1. Squirrels can be ...

There are two kinds of tree squirrels in Oklahoma, and we have both in the Skiatook area. They are eastern fox squirrel and eastern gray squirrel. The fox squirrel is the larger of the two. In fact, ...

The “Squirrels are not endangered” letter (Our Readers’ Views, June 1) may cause confusion in calling for the Western gray squirrel to be removed from the endangered species list. The Western gray is ...