DEAR JOAN: We put sunflower and other smaller seeds out on our back patio every day in feeders for our myriad bird visitors, and on our back table and around the patio for the birds and several ...

At Maine Audubon we field many tales recounted to us over the phone and, of course, via email. From all these conversations and messages, psychological studies could be done around observer biases, ...

Biologists found the could quite accurately predict what type of predator was threatening a squirrel by analyzing its sounds and tail movements. Everyone has watched squirrels playfully climbing trees ...

Readers regularly ask about squirrels with missing or damaged tails in their backyards. They worry about the impact on the survival of creatures they’ve come to know as regulars at their backyard ...

Squirrels are not as helpless as they may seem when confronted by rattlesnakes eager to make dinner of their pups. A new study reveals one of their most powerful tactics: the rodents heat their bushy ...

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