Peanut the Squirrel, a beloved pet who was an internet sensation before New York state officials confiscated and then killed it, is drawing even more social media attention after the rodent's ...

Peanut the Squirrel, a beloved pet who was an internet sensation before being euthanized by New York officials was earmarked to be killed a week before officials say it bit a person during a raid.

Fox squirrels that survive to become adults live an average of three to four years, whereas individual squirrels have been known to live as long as 12 years, according to SCDNR.

I grew up near the mountains. Weather permitting, our family would spend weekends at various campsites along the Rocky Mountain Front. As a kid, I was accustomed to seeing and hearing squirrels ...

Fox squirrel in eucalyptus grove on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. Judy Jinn, CC BY-ND. While a squirrel’s life may look simple to human observers – climb, eat, sleep ...

Fox squirrels tend to bury nuts, seeds, and food items in shallow, ground larders; whereas, flying squirrels more often cache foods within hollow trees and sometimes abandoned woodpecker holes.

Eastern fox squirrels and eastern gray squirrels have two breeding seasons per year and are both diurnal, meaning they are most active during daylight hours. Southern flying squirrels are nocturnal.

Fox Squirrel; Northern Flying Squirrel; Southern Flying Squirrel; The Gray Squirrel is the one that we see the most-in fact, sometimes it’s hard to look out a window and not see a gray squirrel!

Fox squirrels that survive to become adults live an average of three to four years, whereas individual squirrels have been known to live as long as 12 years, according to SCDNR.

Fox squirrels that survive to become adults live an average of three to four years, whereas individual squirrels have been known to live as long as 12 years, according to SCDNR.