Editor’s note: The Vail Daily’s weekly kids section is chock full of activities and fun to keep the young and the young at heart entertained during the pandemic. If you have an idea for the section or ...

Here’s a contest open to kids that some would argue is just not fair game, especially after the Sandy Hook shootings. The seventh annual Holley “Squirrel Slam” to be held upstate on Feb. 16 is a ...

Flying Squirrels are hosting a charitable doubleheader on November 2nd at the Diamond. 11 am- Registration opens for the Ballpark to Brewery Dash at the Diamond (food and kids activities, as well as ...

When it comes to getting our kids started on a path to enjoying the outdoors, it’s easy to lose sight of the main objective when the game itself gets in the way. That’s why kicking things off with a ...

BONNY DOON — It’s never easy watching your babies leave the nest — even when they’re squirrels. On Sept. 9, Beth Gardner released six young squirrels that she hand-raised for over two months. Three of ...

Although rarely seen because it is most active at night, the northern flying squirrel is a resident of the pine tree forests of Western Montana. The squirrels are also found in the surrounding states ...

Todd Parnell said the Richmond Flying Squirrels aren’t in the baseball or entertainment business. “We’re in the memory business,” said Parnell, vice president and chief operating officer for the ...

Welcome, nature lovers, to the home of the Terrestrials podcast and family-friendly Radiolab episodes about nature. Every other week, host Lulu Miller will take you on a nature walk to encounter a ...

Many a mature genealogical researcher must wish he had begun his quest for family facts earlier in life. Surely, late Great Aunt Millie would have known the answer to his question about their ...

Jeff Messler was an 18-year-old Richmond Braves bat boy in 1989, when the team won the International League championship. Messler, over the years, kept in touch with several players on that team. The ...

The manager of a food shop reports that a squirrel makes two trips each day to fetch a chocolate shelled egg called Kinder Surprise because there's a toy inside. The squirrel eats the chocolate, takes ...