Research by a University of Alaska Southeast professor published this week helped discover the existence of a new species of flying squirrel, one that has been hiding in plain sight for decades. While ...

Using a variety of techniques, the researchers realized that two subspecies of squirrels from Southeast Asia were actually unique species in their own right Jack Tamisiea In many urban environments, ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of giant flying squirrel in China belonging to one of the world’s rarest and most mysterious genera. The first species in the genus, the Namdapha flying ...

I was delighted when a friend sent several photos of a gray squirrel cleaning out and inhabiting a pumpkin. Not everyone would appreciate the squirrel's antics, but now that Thanksgiving weekend is ...

EXCITING NEWS OUT OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. RESEARCHERS HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEW SQUIRREL SPECIES, AND ONE OF THOSE RESEARCHERS IS BASED HERE IN THE TRIAD. OUR KELLI KENDALL SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT HOW HIS ...

A team of molecular and physiology specialists at the Yale University School of Medicine has uncovered some of the hibernating secrets of thirteen-lined ground squirrels, and have partly explained how ...

For years, I’ve enjoyed the acrobatic antics of gray squirrels as they chase one another up and down tree trunks and through the high branches in the yard — and even as they use their ingenuity to get ...

WASHINGTON – The West Virginia northern flying squirrel may have eye-popping ability to glide from tree to tree, but it needed a federal court decision on March 25 to help it land back on the ...

It’s hard to know exactly how many Western gray squirrels are in Washington — but the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife said it is safe to say there aren’t many, somewhere between 400 and 1,400, ...

Researchers have discovered America’s newest mammal – a new type of flying squirrel. A team led by UNC-Wilmington associate professor of biology Brian Arbogast has discovered “Humboldt’s flying ...

Described in 1981, the genus Biswamoyopterus is regarded as the most mysterious and rarest amongst all flying squirrels. It comprises two species, each known from a single specimen. Recent research ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has turned down another petition to list the Western gray squirrel for protection under the Endangered Species Act, the agency said yesterday. A petition filed in ...