Ripe hickory nuts are plentiful this time of year, but the crop doesn't mature all at once. Nuts ripen in one section of ...

The almanac states that a squirrel gathering nuts in a flurry means snow will gather in a hurry, as per folklore. It makes ...

Think squirrels are harmless? Wait until you see the repair bills once they move in this fall. The time to prepare is now.

You might not want squirrels at your bird feeders, but what if a baby squirrel needs help? A wildlife rehabilitator shares ...

“Orangutan nest-building tendency may have some innate basis, but the details and method must be socially learned starting from a very young age,” University of Warwick psychologist and paper ...

Bird feeders and boxes aren't the only way to help garden birds. A thoughtfully designed garden can not only look beautiful ...

Last Word is New Scientist’s long-running series in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions, ranging from the minutiae of everyday life to absurd astronomical hypotheticals. To ...

You can try smell-warfare by spraying the pillows and umbrellas with peppermint oil or a mixture of water and cayenne pepper, or a commercial deterrent. You also can soak rags in vinegar or synthetic ...

In the early 2000s, Drew persuaded the U.S. military to fund a search for the brain chemicals that trigger hibernation in the squirrels. If she could identify those chemicals, she suggested, she could ...

If approved, the more than 62-acre project would include 50 housing lots and a marina less than a mile from Jackie and Shadow ...

The Something Wild team, Dave Anderson of the Forest Society, and Chris Martin and Grace McCulloch of NH Audubon, brought a ...

You can try smell-warfare by spraying the pillows and umbrellas with peppermint oil or a mixture of water and cayenne pepper, ...