How human activities negatively affect urban red squirrels' problem-solving skills and potentially their chances of thriving is revealed in newly published research from the universities of Chester ...

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Scientific investigations before and during the COVID-19 lockdown in Berlin in 2020 show that urban red squirrels are extremely flexible in adjusting their diurnal activities to the presence of humans ...

A large team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.K. has found evidence that red squirrels fed by humans in a town on England's west coast lost muscle mass and experienced ...

Leprosy may have spread between red squirrels and humans in medieval England, research suggests. Evidence gathered from two archaeological sites in Winchester suggest red squirrels may have been a ...

Feeding squirrels in your yard seems harmless, but it comes with risks you should know about before encouraging wildlife to ...

When you think of squirrels, you probably imagine cute, fluffy-tailed rodents stuffing their faces with nuts. This past summer, however, researchers photographed California ground squirrels viciously ...

The aggressive squirrel that caused a ruckus in San Rafael, biting people and sending at least two residents to the emergency room, was likely raised by humans, according to wildlife experts. Flyers ...