Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years. He has often returned to the forest floor knowing if a ball of twigs and moss within the tree contained newborn red squirrel ...

A University of Alberta researcher has discovered a rare practice by red squirrels that seems to have human-like dimensions of altruism, but at its heart is also a survival tactic. U of A researcher ...

A collaborative study with a CU Boulder professor investigates how the risks and rewards of red squirrel reproduction is a microcosm of evolutionary patterns You’ve probably seen plenty of squirrels ...