The mesmerizing Indian giant squirrel might just be the most famous squirrel species on the internet today. Compared to other squirrel species, the Indian giant squirrel (also known as the Malabar ...

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You might not normally think of squirrels as beautiful. They are usually grey or brown, and they are rodents, after all. But that’s because you likely haven’t seen the Malabar giant squirrel, also ...

Tweetings, fellow birders and thanks for flying in to read today. This week we’ll change gears a bit and check in on a different type of backyard character. No, they don’t have wings, but they do have ...

At first, this brown, mangled ball of fur and claws was unidentifiable. But X-ray scans have revealed that this grapefruit-sized lump is a 30,000-year-old mummified ground squirrel from the ice age. A ...

We've all had that moment: fresh out of the shower, hair dripping everywhere, when the doorbell rings. Canadian photographer Christy Grinton saw a similar scenario play out in the animal kingdom when ...