The red squirrel’s appearance varies seasonally. The paler, reddish to olive gray coat of summer includes a black line along each side, and creamy white or buffy underparts. In the winter, reddish ...

They directly compete with red squirrels. Grey squirrels take a larger share of available food, steal from red squirrels' food caches and have displaced the native squirrel population in the UK and ...

Food booms. Red squirrels are about 11 inches long and weigh just over half a pound on average. They are known for their rust colored fur and “scolding chatter ...

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 ...

When fed peanuts, red squirrels in Britain developed weaker bites — showing that food supplements to threatened animals could have unintended side effects.

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 ...

It's designed to keep grey squirrels out as they are bigger and eat the red squirrels' food. The other threat they face is habitat loss, so their home here in the trees is very important.

British red squirrels could split into different species because groups of the rodents are now so far apart in the UK, experts believe.. There are early signs of divergence among the isolated ...

Grey squirrels from North America were introduced in the UK in the 1800s and are a major threat to native red squirrel populations. They outcompete the red squirrels for food and space, as they ...