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The red squirrel is an iconic Scottish species but their numbers have been in decline for decades due to the arrival of the grey squirrel. Scotland is privileged to be home to an array of remarkable ...

A red squirrel in the north east of Scotland, photographed by Natasha Lichtarowicz [Natasha Lichtarowicz] Back in 2009, red squirrels were thin on the ground in Aberdeen - instead grey squirrels were ...

The native red squirrels found scurrying around the forests of Britain are harboring a secret. The rodents with a penchant for nuts and pine cones have been found to be carrying multiple strains of ...

Philip Cox has received funding from the Royal Society. Red squirrels have been replaced over a large part of Great Britain by the non-native grey squirrel, introduced from North America in the late ...

Red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) thrive in the north of England and Scotland and occupy a patchwork of highly fragmented woodland habitats. In the September 21 Science, Marie Hale and colleagues from ...

Red squirrels have now been officially classified as endangered across Great Britain, with their numbers plummeting due to ...

Beavers? Red squirrels? Scottish Wildcats? I've been struggling to choose my positive environment story of the year. This is not because I am about to assail you with climate doom and gloom but ...

The jaw-dropping action shot of a red squirrel flying through the air like a comic-book hero has captured a split second of ...

Back in 2009, red squirrels were thin on the ground in Aberdeen - instead grey squirrels were a common sight in the city's trees and parks. Today the red squirrel population is thriving thanks to the ...