Research published in the Journal of Animal Ecology reveals a new mechanism of how grey squirrels affect native red squirrels in Europe through parasite-mediated competition.

The city of San Diego will perform ‘eradication’ when considered necessary to reduce the risk of diseases and damage to ...

Research reveals a new mechanism of how grey squirrels affect native red squirrels in Europe through parasite-mediated competition.

Only nine squirrels out of 40 are left at the Inokashira Park Zoo in Tokyo after keepers treated them with parasite medication.

Because most of the squirrels already carry parasites, such as tapeworms and fleas, Lefcort traps them and injects them with anti-parasite drugs.

Springtime brings out mice and squirrels looking for a warm place to spend the night. One just caused $1,000 in damage to a woman's car. How can you prevent this from happening to you?

Peanut the squirrel, a pet that became a social media star, has been euthanized after New York state authorities seized it during a raid.

The long-awaited rabies results of Peanut the Squirrel and Fred the raccoon have been shared: both animals tested negative, a county official says.

When Europeans arrived in the New World, they brought devastating diseases like smallpox, which killed more native Americans than guns and other weapons. Infections go the other way too: When grey ...

Here's a summer reminder: Chipmunks and squirrels can carry infected fleas and plague, a bacterial disease people can contract through close contact with the furry animals, health officials warned.

Although a large, squirrel-sized snail found in a New York park may have looked harmless, it posed enough of a danger to people and the environment that its discovery prompted a police response ...

A new report says a Rochester, NY., hunter may have developed an ultra-rare brain infection after eating the brains of squirrels he killed, according LiveScience.