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 ...

Like most of us here, I think of winter as the true beginning of spring. The world turns vibrant green as storms roll in from the Pacific. My pulse quickens as the earth pops with life, even as the ...

One of the animals we see most often in cities and towns here in Texas is the squirrel. While many people regard squirrels as pests, many others, especially children, enjoy seeing the fluffy little ...

Squirrels are a common sight you might not think twice about. But researchers like UC Davis behavioral ecologist Sonja Wild say there’s a lot they can teach us. For the last few years, she’s helped ...

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane! Wait, no, it's . . . a squirrel? And we're not talking about Rocky of "Rocky and Bullwinkle." There really are flying squirrels, and you can see them ...

Since 2023 the programme at the arboretum has introduced 12 kits back into the wild or into other breeding programmes. These two are the first of 2025 and are viewing the world from the nest box now ...