A bright purple squirrel trapped by a Pennsylvania couple has experts offering all sorts of theories -- but no concrete answers. Percy and Connie Emert from Jersey Shore, Pa., trapped the brightly ...

It looks like Bullwinkle forgot to tell Rocky to go easy with the crayons. A photographer from India has captured several incredible images of the Malabar giant squirrel that have gone viral after ...

Forget everything you think you know about squirrels. Some species sport multicolored coats that look hand-painted, tails ...

Stunning photos of giant, technicolor squirrels in India are taking social media by storm. Photographer Kaushik Vijayan posted photos of the Malabar squirrels on Instagram and people were amazed. The ...

Q: My husband and I walk in a public park in central Alabama where there are lots of gray squirrels. According to what I have read about eastern gray squirrels, it’s not uncommon for them to have “an ...

While ultraviolet fluorescence is common in birds, butterflies and sea creatures, scientists haven’t often observed it in mammals. By Veronique Greenwood One spring night in Wisconsin, John Martin, a ...

The odd squirrel, as black as soot, ran across the road in front of my truck -- one of a handful of really dark squirrels I'd seen in my town since winter's end. One would be a freak occurrence, two a ...

DEAR JOAN: I recently moved to a new home and have noticed I have a blue-tailed squirrel living in my backyard! His belly is white and most of his top half is regular grey/brown squirrel colors. At ...

We’re all familiar with squirrels. Whether you think they’re adorable critters or wish they didn’t have a habit of sniffing out your bird feeders, you’ve almost certainly seen one, two, or 10. That ...

The first time I encountered one of these bushy-tailed black rodents was years ago outside of the historic Anderson House in Wabasha. We had a family dinner with our children and their grandparents.