Philip Cox has received funding from the Royal Society. Red squirrels have been replaced over a large part of Great Britain by the non-native grey squirrel, introduced from North America in the ...

"We're hoping it's an isolated case," he said, adding: "We just have to keep fighting." Ian Glendinning, chair of Northern Red Squirrels - which represents volunteer conservation groups - said ...

The Ministry of Defence has stepped in to help red squirrels survive in southern Scotland. It hopes to encourage them to return to its Kirkcudbright Training Centre - often used as a site for ...

Normally, red squirrels chomp on hard food such as hazelnuts, pine seeds, acorns and even tree bark. But during the 1990s conservationists provided a local population of red squirrels in Formby ...

Soft diet, weak jaws. If red squirrels eat too many peanuts, their jaws end up weaker than the jaws of squirrels eating natural diets, researchers report January 15 in Royal Society Open Science.

Recently a new visitor showed up at my bird feeding area by the house. Every once in awhile one of these creatures will show ...

In the forest, Rory and Sandy search for red squirrels and jump around the treetops just like a squirrel! Chantelle heads offshore to meet an expert and lots more amazing red squirrels.

The red squirrel is well looked after here, and it is one of the few places in southern England where you can find them. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable ...

Red squirrels were all but wiped out in the UK when grey squirrels were introduced in the 1800s. The larger, heavier and hungrier grey squirrel will usually win the fight for food. It also carries ...

A rare colony of red squirrels has been discovered on a tree plantation in the Yorkshire Dales. The endangered species was identified by Julie Bailey from the UK Squirrel Accord (UKSA), a ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Red squirrels in Formby, England, fed primarily on peanuts by humans, developed flatter skulls and weaker jaws compared to their Scottish counterparts. These ...