You step outside one morning and find your favorite potted fern uprooted, fresh soil scattered across the patio, and a small walnut tucked just below the surface. It wasn’t a mystery for long.

Every autumn, tree squirrels quietly pull off one of the most impressive logistical feats in the animal world, hiding thousands of nuts and seeds in scattered soil stashes, then recovering the vast ...

If anyone has either trees in their yards, or if you have a bird feeder, you are familiar with squirrels. These acrobats, pests, robbers and property-damagers are present all over Ohio. They are so ...

Squirrels look super cute running about in the yard. While not a lot of gardeners would mind occasionally feeding a squirrel for fun, things stop being fun when these rodents turn from cute, furry ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Have you ever lost your keys or phone in your own home? When it comes to finding things, squirrels may have a leg up on us. Diane in Red Wing emailed us wondering: How do squirrels ...

If you live near a walnut tree, there’s no escaping hearing the hard plunking sound of falling nuts this time of year. There’s also no avoiding the dark stains on the streets coming from walnuts ...

The gray squirrel might be a common backyard animal, but did you know that it’s also a master conservationist? The rodent’s “scatter-hoarding” behavior results in millions of forgotten acorns ...