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A new study by scientists at Bournemouth University (BU) in collaboration with the Wight Squirrel Project has confirmed that red squirrel populations across Europe are resilient to the effects of ...

This story, “Fox in the Treetops,” appeared in the July 1977 issue of Outdoor Life. For years I kept two squirrel mounts on the mantel over the fireplace in my den. One was a red squirrel, or “boomer” ...

"The contributions in this book are based on a meeting on red squirrels held in February 1997 at the Zoological Society of London's Meeting Rooms. We are particularly grateful to the People's Trust ...

The American Midland Naturalist has been published for 90 years by the University of Notre Dame. The connotations of Midland and Naturalist have broadened and its geographic coverage now includes ...

If you spend enough time around animals, you'll see that a lot of them are smarter than we may give them credit for. For example, the world's smartest dog breed is more intelligent than a ...

We've already reached the end of August, which means autumn is rapidly approaching. If you're planning to tackle those final garden tasks before the new season arrives, you'll want to take note.

The Camino de Santiago (or “Way of St. James”) has been traveled by pilgrims and tourists for at least 1,000 years. Far from being a single road, the Camino is instead a vast network of routes, ...

Do you ever wonder what wild secrets your home state holds? We often think of the familiar animals that roam our backyards and local parks — like squirrels, rabbits, and the occasional deer — but many ...

This paper performs a valuable critical reassessment of anatomical and functional data, proposing a reclassification of the mouse visual cortex in which almost all the higher visual areas are ...

The Arboretum is home to a rich variety of living species, thriving across its diverse landscapes—including prairies, deciduous and coniferous forests, wetlands, and beautifully maintained formal, ...

Day-active tree shrews have a well-developed internal capsule (ic) that clearly separates the caudate nucleus (Cd) and putamen (Pu). The striatum consists of the Cd, ic, Pu, and accumbens nucleus (Acb ...