In nature, it really is survival of the fittest. Photos of a red squirrel and woodpecker have gone viral after they showed the two animals fighting each other for nuts. Karen Crawford took the ...

Scientific investigations before and during the COVID-19 lockdown in Berlin in 2020 show that urban red squirrels are extremely flexible in adjusting their diurnal activities to the presence of humans ...

Distinctive features separate Britain's red and grey squirrels, with grey squirrels posing a formidable challenge to red ...

The fight to save a "vulnerable" red squirrel population in Merseyside from a fatal virus has been boosted by a grant of £300 ...

Red squirrels have been replaced over a large part of Great Britain by the non-native grey squirrel, introduced from North America in the late 19th century. Today, the British population of red ...

Maybe this miniature mammal is the next Mozart. A wildlife photographer in Scotland has captured remarkable images showing a red squirrel reaching out for hazelnuts encased in a miniature grand piano, ...

An old cottage used in the film Anemone could be converted to help protect red squirrels.

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Grey squirrels are an invasive, non-native species introduced from North America to sites in Great Britain and Ireland between 1876 to 1929. They out-compete the native red squirrels and multiply ...

Prince William previously revealed that his father lets the critters into his house and gives them names Prince Charles is celebrating Red Squirrel Appreciation Day! The royal, whose fascination with ...

Feeding peanuts to red squirrels may be altering the development of their jaws. A population of the endangered rodents living in Formby, Merseyside, have uniquely shaped lower jaws, possibly as the ...

The red squirrel is the UK’s only native squirrel species. Unfortunately, they are now a very rare sight across Britain and Ireland, thanks to widespread destruction of their native forests, combined ...