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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every fall, squirrels stash hundreds of nuts to survive the colder winter months. As someone who routinely "hides" things from ...

For a squirrel, it's dinner. To the oak trees, it's a way to spread their seeds.

Many of our wildlife neighbors disappear in winter, either migrating, hibernating or largely staying hidden during frigid days and nights. One exception to the rule is the dogged squirrels in my ...

Experts explain what they’re looking for—and the most effective ways to keep their paws out of your pots.

Squirrels can adapt quickly to their surroundings, like pretending to bury fake nuts when they think they’re being watched. According to a 2021 study in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, their ...

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 ...