On Oct. 20, I found myself near Wooster, in Wayne County, attempting to photograph waterfowl. As we slunk along a wooded wetland border, I noticed movement in a nearby tree. A black squirrel! I was ...

We can thank the University of Minnesota for popularizing an obscure but charismatic little mammal. In 1926, Clarence Spears, coach of the football team, officially branded the squad the “Golden ...

Nature really wants its spotlight! Michael shared this clip of the moment he was just filming a video next to a tall tree.

This eastern gray squirrel has cut off the supply of seed from this feeder by exerting weight upon the perch with its hind foot. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON Sign up for the Gazette's morning ...

The winter of 2023-24 has been not quite the warmest on record for the Northland, but nearly so. While December and February were contenders for the No. 1 spot, January provided us with a few weeks ...

DRIVING HOME from work one recent late afternoon on my country road commute, a small dark critter made the mad dash across the road a few dozen yards ahead of my truck. It was well on the other side ...

Note: This column originally was published Nov. 19, 2010. "There's no animal as fast as the mountain boomer, the little red squirrel. 'He's so fast,' said Lindsey Rogers, a mountain man who grew up at ...

The Northland is home to several large maple trees. Growing big with very colorful leaves, they dominate the forest in fall. It is hard not to notice their dynamic blended colors at that time. But in ...

Spicy Jane is a real nut. The baby squirrel races around her enclosure, jumping on her adoptive squirrel brother Cyrus, who is a wee bit older. If you open her enclosure, she will jump on you. The ...

Get ready to go on a ride through nature. Keep your eyes on the curious squirrel poking at this GoPro. It looks around for a bit before nabbing the camera and taking it up a tree. Think of it as a ...

The popular World Champion Squirrel Cookoff returns on Sept. 23 with a new venue at the J.B. and Johnelle Hunt Family Ozark Highlands Nature Center in Springdale. Event founder Joe Wilson cooked up ...