How human activities negatively affect urban red squirrels' problem-solving skills and potentially their chances of thriving is revealed in newly published research from the universities of Chester ...

The rise of grey squirrels across the UK could be down to the fact they are cleverer than their red coated cousins. A series of tests involving hazelnuts inside sealed containers has found that grey ...

Squirrels flick their tails furiously when they are frustrated, scientists have discovered. In one of the first studies of frustrations in wild animals, researchers noticed how fox squirrels would ...

Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news While you're writing down yet another password on the notepad hidden in your desk drawer, a squirrel is ...