The red squirrel is about 30 cm (12 in) long, the tail accounting for nearly a third of the total ... Red squirrels also consume invertebrates such as insects, and some vertebrates, for example, small ...

Often it is the common critters that go unnoticed or at least unappreciated. After all, when was the last time you noticed a house sparrow or pigeon? How about an eastern chipmunk or gray ...

Flying squirrels have small rounded heads, large black eyes, prominent ears, long whiskers, and well-furred tails. Their fur is dense, soft and silky. The tail is horizontally (dorso-ventrally) ...

The five juvenile squirrels had to be anaesthetised before their tails could be separated A US wildlife centre has saved five young grey squirrels after their tails became dangerously fused together.