City of St. Peters Health Department explains increased squirrel activity around bird feeders is due to mating season.

It has been some time since local wildlife enthusiast Marty Mahowald asked me what I knew about black squirrels. He went on to explain that in recent years, he has noticed more of these critters ...

[Mark Makela/The Daily Pennsylvanian] A squirrel gnaws on food on College Green. About 250 squirrels are removed from campus buildings each year -- including dormitories and the president's house.

Rapid changes in Arctic temperatures are influencing animal reproductive behavior. A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist published a study in the current edition of Science magazine, building on ...

If anyone has either trees in their yards, or if you have a bird feeder, you are familiar with squirrels. These acrobats, pests, robbers and property-damagers are present all over Ohio. They are so ...

The longer days with plenty of sunlight and milder temperatures have slowed the activity at my bird feeders. I still get about eight kinds of birds visiting each day, but those that come by seem to ...

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 75, No. 6 (June 2021), pp. 1-15 (15 pages) Acoustic signals are one of the reproductive isolation mechanisms that can be a driving force for speciation.

Think of one wild backyard animal that drives you crazy. Did you think squirrel? Many folks love to hate these rodents, because of their acrobatic efforts to raid bird feeders as well as their ...