January 21 is National Squirrel Appreciation Day! The holiday was started in 2001 by wildlife rehabilitator Christy Hargrove, ...

A squirrel makes its way down a tree in Old West Lawrence recently while holding tightly to an Asian pear. Because of a shortage of acorns from red oak trees, squirrels will need to find alternative ...

This person was walking down the street when they noticed someone trying to toss an acorn to a squirrel sitting at the top of a tree. After several attempts, the squirrel finally caught the acorn, ...

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 ...

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Just how smart is a tree squirrel? This is the time of the year when they bury acorns for safekeeping. Obviously, they don't follow that by pulling a paper map out of their britches' pocket and ...

If you’re like many New Jerseyans, you probably haven’t given much thought to squirrels, except maybe wondering how to keep them out of your birdfeeders. They’re so common in every New Jersey ...

Acorns bounce like ping-pong balls on the sidewalk. Hickory nuts plop onto the lawn. Walnuts fall with a thud on the ground. These trees are pummeling anything and everything below their branches.

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A student tosses an acorn at a nearby squirrel and waits patiently. The squirrel looks at the student inquisitively, snatches the acorn and dashes up a nearby oak tree. While a normal part of campus ...