Red squirrels are battling back in the war against their grey rivals - after finally returning to one of Britain's most stunning beauty spots. Native reds have been almost wiped out except for a few ...

The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) has been a cultural icon in Britain at least since the beginning of the 20th century, when Beatrix Potter penned a children's tale about Squirrel Nutkin, an ...

Oh, deer, can you bear watching the state Game Commission shoot itself in the foot? It appears it’s done so in the case of the fugitive alien squirrel. Barbara Gosselin, 65, of South Manheim Township, ...

BETHLEHEM, N.Y. (NEWS10) — At a time when everyone is staying apart, a local family came together to save a tiny life. This is the story of an ordinary squirrel and an extraordinary friendship that ...

England's last red squirrel strongholds are under siege from larger greys - who carry the deadly pox that kills our popular native species, a new study reveals. Volunteers for the conservation ...

The aggressive North American gray (or grey, when it gets to England) squirrel is threatening to displace the English red squirrel. Immortalized in Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin and ...

Well, that it is, but it’s also a tale about a fairly nutty little squirrel (forgive me) and his swift comeuppance. Squirrel Nutkin is not the best of Potter’s 23 children’s stories – far from it.

Spring is making its presence gently known in the garden. One or two daffs are actually about to bloom. These are not the fey ‘golden cloud’ daffodils old Wordsworth spaffed on about. These are tough, ...