In a new study out of Oberlin College, researchers found that "eastern gray squirrels eavesdrop on non-alarm auditory cues as indicators of safety" We might be able to learn a thing or two from ...

Believe it or not, despite the noise and danger of highways, squirrels actually find the noise reassuring. Find out why.

Gray squirrels "feel safer" around road noise, a study found. Research from the University of Exeter reveals the paradoxical ways gray squirrels balance risk and foraging in urban environments.

Squirrels are capricious little creatures. And aside from taunting the neighborhood dogs and using your gutters as water slides, it appears they also eavesdrop on bird chatter to gauge their safety. A ...

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Today, we know the answer is a resounding yes -- thanks to a bio-acoustic monitoring system that uses artificial ...

Washington’s Western gray squirrels are in trouble. So much so that state officials are considering uplisting the squirrels from threatened to endangered. The change comes after a periodic status ...

UK residents were left reeling after a crazed gray squirrel went on a wild Christmas rampage in Buckley, Wales, injuring a staggering 18 people in two days. Facebook ...

It’s hard to know exactly how many Western gray squirrels are in Washington — but the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife said it is safe to say there aren’t many, somewhere between 400 and 1,400, ...

It’s getting harder to find a Western gray squirrel in the state. Right now, they mostly live in a few spots: the Okanogan, in north-central Washington; Klickitat County, near the Columbia River; and ...