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Move over, Fat Bear Week — we've got a new fat animal in town. Every year as fall begins, outdoor enthusiasts observe the holiest of traditions: crowning the fattest bear at Brooks River in Alaska's ...

Squirrels: Are they just rats with better PR? Be advised that this is not safe reading material for squirrel lovers, or even squirrel apologists. In my opinion, squirrels are worse than rats—smarter, ...

Some members of the St. Clair Shores Michigan Residents Group have posted about seeing a white squirrel this October. White squirrels are not endangered or threatened, but can be rare, according to ...

Squirrels are a common sight you might not think twice about. But researchers like UC Davis behavioural ecologist Sonja Wild say there’s a lot they can teach us. For the last few years, she’s helped ...

If you live near a walnut tree, there’s no escaping hearing the hard plunking sound of falling nuts this time of year. There’s also no avoiding the dark stains on the streets coming from walnuts ...

Have you noticed squirrels going a bit crazy this fall? I mean more than usual? I’ve been hearing a lof of people talking about the long, cold winter in store for us and they say they can tell because ...

A Marin County neighborhood is on alert after a series of squirrel attacks. A handful of people living in the Lucas Valley-Marinwood community north of San Rafael say attacks by a squirrel have sent ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A squirrel in a San Rafael neighborhood is believed to have attacked several residents, sending at least two to ...

Residents in California's Bay Area on high alert after an aggressive squirrel sent multiple people to the emergency room in September. Joan Heblack was on her morning walk in San Rafael, just north of ...

Sept. 25 (UPI) --Residents of a California neighborhood are warning other locals to beware of "a very mean squirrel" that has sent at least two people to the emergency room. Joan Heblack, a resident ...