One of the most heartbreaking aspects of the red squirrel’s decline is the spread of the squirrelpox virus. Carried by grey squirrels, who remain largely unaffected, this disease is lethal to reds.

A nature park has welcomed the arrival of four baby red squirrels. The "kits" were born at the Yorkshire Arboretum on the ...

New research suggests red squirrels may be more resilient than their grey counterparts, due to an ability to detect predators ...

Gray squirrels may not look so smart when they’re frantically burying acorns they may never find again, but they appear to be smarter than the red squirrels found across the pond. Ever since ...

Ireland’s native red squirrels are able to detect and respond to a returning natural predator, the pine marten, according to ...

I get both gray and red squirrels, however, on Saturday, that frigidly cold day that followed a night of deep sub-zero temperatures (-15 degrees Fahrenheit here in North Berwick) only the red ...

They studied feed stations at Derryclare Woods in Connemara, and Belleek Woods in Ballina, over 16 months to observe ...

According to British Red Squirrel.org, a survey by the Forestry Commission of vulnerable woodlands in Great Britain estimated that 100% of sycamore, 66% of beech, 30% of oak and sweet chestnut ...

Red squirrels ‘to vanish’ because of exploding surge of grey squirrels who carry virus Conservationists are warning that if the government does not intervene with squirrelpox then the UK will ...

But grey squirrels were also found in 69% of sites, an increase of 6.8% on the previous year. In Northumberland, grey detection is about 25% higher than red detection, and 17.3% higher in Cumbria ...

Many people like watching grey squirrels hop around their gardens but few know they are actually a foreign invader and can damage gardens, kill birds and even impact your house ...