Even though the virus was first discovered in laboratory monkeys in 1958, the original source came from a squirrel.

A team of researchers traced the wild animal source of the mpox virus to the fire-footed rope squirrel Funisciurus pyrropus ...

A non-native grey squirrel on the loose in Guernsey "appears to be healthy", rescuers say. An animal charity believes it entered the island via a vehicle and "seems very healthy". Two possible ...

Experts have shared the simple way you can keep grey squirrels out of your garden and ... food and habitat and by carrying a lethal squirrel pox virus to which it is immune but which is deadly ...

Leucism is slightly more common than albinism. According to the White Squirrel Institute, leucism causes a partial loss of pigmentation but does not affect all pigments, just fur. Meanwhile ...

Salto the robot is acting a little squirrelly. The jumping bot can take a flying leap and land on a narrow pipe ­­­— just like a squirrel soaring from branch to branch. It’s the first time ...

Biologists worked with robot designers to discover how squirrels do it, and used what they learned to design a one-legged robot with the balancing ability and leg biomechanics to correct for over ...

Engineers have designed robots that crawl, swim, fly and even slither like a snake, but no robot can hold a candle to a squirrel, which can parkour through a thicket of branches, leap across perilous ...

While the sight of grey squirrels hopping about in gardens brings delight to many, what isn't as widely known is their status as invasive pests that have ousted Britain's indigenous red squirrels and ...

Peanut the squirrel was rescued by Mark Longo of Pine City seven years ago and became an internet star. Peanut and rescue raccoon Fred were seized by the state DEC, and euthanized after Peanut ...