Squirrel pox is carried by grey squirrels, which are not affected by it, but causes red squirrels to die slowly and painfully ...

The northern flying squirrel eats relatively more fungi, which it collects above ground, excavates from the soil, and pilfers from the caches of the red squirrel. Both species of flying squirrel ...

Large adults weigh 240 g (8.4 oz). The range of the red squirrel is from the tree line of North America south into the northern U.S., the Northeast, and continuing in the Rocky and Appalachian ...

Ian Glendinning, who leads Northern Red Squirrels, says an outbreak of squirrel pox could wipe out whole pockets of red squirrels in some areas [BBC] Ian Glendinning, chair of Northern Red ...

Volunteers for the conservation organisation Red Squirrels Northern England (RSNE) visited 246 sites for its annual squirrel check. They found while red squirrel numbers were holding up ...

Existing schemes promote the planting of non-native conifer trees to help red squirrels survive in Northern Ireland. But the study, led by Queen's University Belfast and St Andrews University ...

One of the biggest red squirrel protection groups in England says it is facing an "invasion" of greys. The larger grey squirrel is classified as an invasive non-native species and has contributed ...

"We're hoping it's an isolated case," he said, adding: "We just have to keep fighting." Ian Glendinning, chair of Northern Red Squirrels - which represents volunteer conservation groups - said: "These ...