WCMH Columbus on MSN

New habitats installed for Ohio’s flying squirrels

A central Ohio park is giving one of Ohio’s most common critters a place to get out of the cold. New habitat boxes were ...
AZ Animals US on MSN

Think Squirrels Are Social? This Solitary Giant Breaks Every Rule

Some see squirrels as adorable, bushy-tailed creatures that run in circles around tree trunks before they finally race up ...
AZ Animals on MSN

Seed burying, river crossing: The survival tactics that made squirrels Kentucky icons

Quick Take 1968 legislation mandated the Eastern Gray Squirrel as the official game species to preserve frontier history. The ...
AZ Central

Mount Graham red squirrels need more protected habitat to survive, groups say in lawsuit

The Center for Biological Diversity and the Maricopa Audubon Society have sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for violating the Endangered Species Act by failing to protect habitat essential to ...
Arizona Daily Star

Feds to look at expanding critical habitat for endangered red squirrels on Mt. Graham

An Arizona squirrel near extinction is getting some help from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which will consider adjusting the critical habitat area of the Mount Graham red squirrel to protect ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Lawsuit Targets Feds’ Failure to Protect Endangered Mount Graham Red Squirrel Habitat

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Audubon sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to protect habitat essential to the survival and recovery of southeast ...
OPB

Washington’s Western gray squirrels likely to be moved to ‘endangered’ status

Western gray squirrels are getting harder and harder to find in Washington state. They are the largest species of tree squirrels and traditionally make their homes in low to mid-elevation forests, ...
AZ Central

Mount Graham red squirrel numbers fall slightly as habitat threats persist

The Mount Graham red squirrel population declined slightly in the past year despite a new counting method that more accurately locates the population, state officials said. The 2023 survey of the ...
Mental Floss

16 Facts About Squirrels

Even if you live in a big city, you probably see wildlife on a regular basis. Namely, you’re sure to run into a lot of squirrels, even in the densest urban areas. And if you happen to live on a ...
E&E

Judge orders FWS to rule on Mount Graham red squirrel habitat

The Fish and Wildlife Service has until Jan. 30, 2027, to decide on a petition to expand critical habitat filed in 2017. A federal judge says the Fish and Wildlife Service has “unreasonably delayed” ...
WBIW

Indiana DNR hosts “Intro to Squirrel Hunting” workshop at Sugar Ridge

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is inviting aspiring outdoorsmen to start the new year with a classic ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Lawsuit Targets Feds’ Failure to Protect Endangered Mount Graham Red Squirrel Habitat

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Audubon sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to protect habitat essential to the survival and recovery of southeast ...