Most prey animals shun the scent of their predators. The discovery of some ground squirrels deliberately covering themselves with the scent of a predator surprised many scientists. In the case of ...

Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news. Here is a sampling of lesser-known — but no less noteworthy — incidents from ...

The squirrels are not limited to the use of shed snake skins, as they also pick up snake odor from soil and other surfaces on which snakes have been resting, and use that to apply scent. Other rodents ...

A squirrel has gone viral after it refused to back down and defended itself from a menacing rattlesnake. The tense showdown happened around 6 p.m. on June 11 at the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, ...

Nature is full of instances where survival is all about intelligence rather than physical prowess. Perhaps one of the most interesting examples of such intelligence is found in ground squirrels, which ...

PINE SPRINGS, TX -- You may want to think twice the next time you want to get up close and personal with the squirrels that hang out in your local park. The National Park Service sent out this picture ...

SALT FLAT, Texas – The image of a squirrel about to feast on a snake has gone viral. It was posted on the Guadalupe Mountains National Park Facebook page on July 6. According to the caption on the ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – A baby bird and a squirrel were rescued by Centerville police officers this week. According to the Centerville PD, Officer O’Neill and Officer Escobedo went above and beyond ...

BOISE, Idaho — Southern Idaho's sprawling Snake River Plain has been harboring a distinct species of squirrel that's emerged from the underground. Researchers have identified a new species of squirrel ...