I am always looking for an excuse to learn and write about squirrels, so jumped at the chance to visit the latest arrivals at the Center for Wildlife in Cape Neddick in York, Maine — orphaned baby ...

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 ...

Baby squirrels are some of the smallest mammal babies in the animal kingdom, but they don’t remain helpless for long. These adorable, intelligent rodents can be found in a wide range of habitats all ...

In a nondescript warehouse in Washington, D.C., wedged between a community garden and the Metro train tracks, more than a dozen baby squirrels fill cages in an uncomfortably warm room. A noise machine ...

I’m a big fan of squirrels. Some people call them rats with fuzzy tails, and although this may be rather accurate, I still find them adorable. (Lots of people love rats, too!). While my neighbors drop ...