The controversy over Peanut, the pet squirrel and social media sensation seized by the state Department of Environmental ...

The animal welfare charity was alerted to the discovery of three young squirrels that were blown from a nest at Killiecrankie ... Clackmannanshire. The babies have been named Frodo, Smeagle ...

Therefore, there is no motivation for the male to raise the babies. Squirrels are also solitary throughout much of the year.

As the baby squirrels grow and start to venture outside their den, the growing colony draws the attention of hungry crows. The tiny kits must quickly learn about the dangers of these deadly birds.

The mass of sticks, grass, and leaves on top of your conifer may not be a bird nest. Instead, chances are it's housing the squirrel you've been trying to keep out of your yard for a while now.

It has become increasingly rare to see all three in the nest at the same time. According to officials of the Kyoto City Zoo, baby flying squirrels and their mother will look for new nests about 60 ...

The five juvenile squirrels had to be anaesthetised before ... grass and plastic strips their mother used to build the family nest. They were handed in at the Wisconsin Humane Society's Wildlife ...

Babies are born hairless with closed ears and eyes, and eventually leave the nest at two months old. The northern flying squirrel has a comparatively low reproductive rate for a mammal of its size.

They make their homes in in woodpecker holes, nests abandoned by birds, or tree cavities in forests, woodlands, and jungles. Aside from their patagia, flying squirrels look similar to their ...

Tree squirrels like to sleep in tree hollows or in leaf nests they make high up in the branches away from predators. They make their nests cozy with finely chewed bark and can live there even during ...