Life can be tough for a squirrel — pets chase them, they are thwarted from feasting on bird feeders, they get run over by cars and bikes when they act squirrely by zig-zagging across roads and trails.

Growing up in a rural town, I was exposed to a lot of the wonders in nature through hunting. Specifically, squirrel hunting, which is how many kids get their start. I don’t do much anymore, but I try ...

An animal rescue center in Virginia has urged people to think twice before rushing to help squirrels covered in strange skin lumps, warning that what looks like a disease is often a parasite at work.

Press release from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: Every year about this time people call the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), alarmed about squirrels that ...

The parasite’s scientific name is Cuterebra emasculator, which, from its Latin roots, translates as skin-boring testicle remover. In 1856 Asa Fitch (the nation’s first professional entomologist) ...