In squirrels there is a direct ratio between size and speed: the smaller the squirrel, the faster. The chipmunk, it seems, runs 50 times faster than the fox squirrel, with the gray squirrel in between ...

It's easier to stop squirrels from feeding on your trees to begin with than to deter them once they've found your fruit trees, so focus on proactive prevention. Physical barriers, like baffles, are ...

Last Word is New Scientist’s long-running series in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions, ranging from the minutiae of everyday life to absurd astronomical hypotheticals. To ...

While talking to some kids and their teachers from Crucifixion School last week, they told me that there were plenty of black squirrels running around La Crescent this year. Well, when I was their age ...

Uneven, bumpy ground: Your mower dips and bounces instead of gliding smoothly — a sure sign the soil beneath has been ...

Grey squirrels are expected to ruin government plans to plant 1.5 billion trees by 2050, The Times reported. Vanessa Fawcett, campaign director of the Red Squirrel Survival Trust, said the bill for ...

Martha Stewart made sure three orphaned squirrels were properly rehabilitated after they were found in a fallen tree on her farm The sisters, Maple, Magnolia and Oak-ley are named after trees They now ...