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 ...

SALEM — A squad of Somerville squirrel siblings recently survived a serious scare but are now back on the road to good health. Jess Reese, of Salem Wildlife Rescue, headed to Somerville last week to ...

Martha Stewart is truly a renaissance woman. When the 83-year-old entrepreneur, author and mogul isn’t busy decorating to perfection, making world-class recipes, or running a restaurant, you can find ...

Though “ground squirrel” is actually a term that can be applied to anything from chipmunks to prairie dogs, it’s most often used to denote several animals that make their home in the Western U.S. and ...

With a small pet carrier in hand, Dezerae Danis is ready for another goodbye. After months of growing strong, it’s finally time. She opens the gate, and the animals she has spent months raising take ...

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 ...

Baby squirrels are sometimes referred to as kits or kittens. You can tell them apart from other young mammals by their toenails, which are black rather than clear. Litters can include up to six babies ...

As the baby squirrels grow and start to venture outside their den, the growing colony draws the attention of hungry crows. The tiny kits must quickly learn about the dangers of these deadly birds.