7. The Word 'Squirrel' Comes From Greek for 'Shadow Tail' All tree squirrels belong to the genus Sciurus, which comes from the Greek words "skia" (shadow) and "oura" (tail). The name reportedly ...

How four fox squirrels in Hardin County got their tails entangled would be a fool’s guess. Some wild ritual gone terribly wrong? Youthful indiscretion? A gesture of solidarity that didn’t ...

Depending on your point of view, they might be cute furry friends or “rodents with bushy tails,” just as likely to carry disease as rats or pigeons. Last year, we asked Bay Curious listeners what they ...

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) ...

Aside from their patagia, flying squirrels look similar to their grounded cousins, with small rounded faces, prominent ears, and fluffy tails that can be as long as their bodies. Their eyes are ...

Gray squirrels are arboreal acrobats, climbing, running and leaping about trees, their sharp claws gaining a purchase on slippery bark, long tails balancing and breaking leaps, long slender bodies ...

The number one threat to bird feeders are squirrels—animals which, historically, I am quite fond of—but I’ve managed to create an environment where squirrels and birds can coexist on my ...

Scampering up trees, flashing their bushy tails, and burying secret stashes of acorns – squirrels are a familiar sight in parks and backyards. But beneath their fuzzy exterior lies a world of ...

Follow her on X. Squirrels gain easy access to your attic from soffits, fence lines and roofs. One-way entry doors are the quickest and most humane method of squirrel removal. To keep squirrels ...

The fan did its job — while unexpectedly serving another purpose: It gave the squirrels in their yard a place to cool off in the sweltering Texas heat. Elwell forgot to turn the fan off one ...

Earlier this year, a Tallahassee, Florida, man was killed by a lightning bolt so powerful that it blew off the bottoms of his socks. Michael Herbert Smith, 73, and his wife were out for a walk on ...