Believe it or not, despite the noise and danger of highways, squirrels actually find the noise reassuring. Find out why.

Gray squirrels "feel safer" around road noise, a study found. Research from the University of Exeter reveals the paradoxical ways gray squirrels balance risk and foraging in urban environments.

One of a squirrel's most important tools is its impressive nut-cracking, seed-grinding teeth. Two pairs of sharp incisors ...

In a new study out of Oberlin College, researchers found that "eastern gray squirrels eavesdrop on non-alarm auditory cues as indicators of safety" We might be able to learn a thing or two from ...

They are everywhere on the continent and have adapted to human development. Learn all about the most common squirrels in ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Saving the imperiled Garry oak trees found on the prairies and oak woodlands of the South Sound may require a new attitude toward non-native eastern gray squirrels, according to Sound ...

Western gray squirrels will now be listed as endangered in Washington. The state Fish and Wildlife Commission’s decision Friday comes after a periodic status review of the large tree squirrels. It’s ...

It’s getting harder to find a Western gray squirrel in the state. Right now, they mostly live in a few spots: the Okanogan, in north-central Washington; Klickitat County, near the Columbia River; and ...

It’s hard to know exactly how many Western gray squirrels are in Washington — but the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife said it is safe to say there aren’t many, somewhere between 400 and 1,400, ...