and sheds. They also can chew wires, causing potential fire hazards. “Squirrels may find an entry hole or gap, or they can create their own holes by gnawing through the siding or the soffit,” says ...

October is Squirrel Awareness Month, an opportunity to shed light on all the mammal offers the local ecosystem. University of Minnesota student Charlotte Devitz, who is pursuing a doctorate in ecology ...

As we slunk along a wooded wetland border, I noticed movement in a nearby tree. A black squirrel! I was instantly transfixed, as almost all the squirrels where I live are of the ordinary namesake ...

When Yasmeen Matthews arrived at Kent State University as a freshman, she was convinced that the school's mascot was a black squirrel. It's not an entirely unreasonable thought at Kent State.

Black holes are points in space that are so dense they create deep gravity sinks. Beyond a certain region, not even light can escape the powerful tug of a black hole's gravity. And anything that ...

For six to eight months of each year, thirteen-lined ground squirrels don’t leave their small, subterranean dens. Beneath North America’s grasslands, they wait out the cold season hibernating ...