When you think of a squirrel, your mind is probably more drawn to images of cute little woodland creatures, or even a critter burying acorns in the park. However, for researchers in Japan the tale ...

Adorable Japanese Flying Squirrel Looks Just Like a Furry Cartoon Character originally appeared on PetHelpful. Have you ever seen an animal that's so cute it doesn't even look real but instead looks ...

THE image above shows one of Japan’s most charismatic and rarely seen residents as it glides through its Hokkaido habitat: Pteromys volans orii, a subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel. It and ...

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Japan is home to at least three different native sciurine species—squirrels, as we commonly call them—including the Japanese squirrel, the Japanese flying squirrel, and the Japanese giant flying ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Hey, that's what they're called! The actual name is "squirrel garden" ("risu-en" or リス園 in Japanese). And if you like squirrels, this is a little ...

A Japanese zoo is conducting a probe after accidentally killing 31 out of 40 squirrels with anti-parasitic medicine and insecticide. The Inokashira Park Zoo injected the squirrels with the medicine ...

Japanese authorities have decided to cull non-native “invasive” squirrels which are harming ancient buildings and wooden shrines and causing damage to the local ecosystem in the city of Kamakura. The ...