In nature, their bright white colour actually makes them easier to hunt by predators like hawks. Whereas conventionally coloured squirrels have an element of camouflage to their brown coats.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It’s often called a rare sighting that’s a sign of good luck when a white or albino squirrel is spotted.

The gray squirrel’s appearance differs seasonally. The yellowish brown summer coat becomes thicker and gray in winter, the pelage of some individuals strikingly silver-gray. Underparts and eye-rings ...

The red squirrel’s appearance varies seasonally. The paler, reddish to olive gray coat of summer includes a black line along each side, and creamy white or buffy underparts. In the winter, reddish ...

BREVARD, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The White Squirrel Institute announced that Pisgah Piper, the latest in a line of prognosticating white squirrels, has predicted an early spring. The institute said ...