Conservationists say that, with red squirrels dwindling in the UK, Jersey is an "important refuge".

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Aug. 18, 2026. Click here for that audio. In 2017, a wildfire raged across a drought-sick mountain in Southern Arizona and nearly wiped out a subspecies ...

The Mount Graham red squirrel population in Arizona has risen more than expected, according to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish. The latest survey shows an increase of about 89 squirrels since ...

The small animal dipped its nose into the water to reach the acorn as it bobbed above the surface.

England's cherished red squirrels could be extinct within 25 years, experts fear - unless granted the same protection as beavers, bats and newts. Animal welfare campaigners Save Our Reds' new briefing ...

Groups from around northern England and southern Scotland can bid for funding to help the creatures.

Red squirrels have been replaced over a large part of Great Britain by the non-native grey squirrel, introduced from North America in the late 19th century. Today, the British population of red ...

Evidence from archaeological sites in the medieval English city of Winchester shows that English red squirrels once served as an important host for Mycobacterium leprae strains that caused leprosy in ...

A bit of medical advice: Stay away from medieval squirrels. That’s what a study in Current Biology seems to suggest, anyway, after showing that red squirrels hosted strains of the leprosy bacteria ...

I first saw this curious little animal on June 1. It was a beautiful day outside, but the cottonwood tree that grows next to my deck was in full seed-dispersal mode and sitting outside was not really ...

Medieval residents of Winchester, England, probably got their leprosy from red squirrels in the area, according to a team of archaeologists and geneticists that studied remains from two archaeological ...

Sightings of bright red, painted squirrels started in Putnam County, New York, in late 2023, per the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.