‘On a knife edge’: can England’s red squirrel population be saved?

Government plans to protect species by increasing woodland and removing greys, but campaigners say it needs to go further ...
Phys.org

News on red squirrel

Red squirrels on the Isle of Wight are thriving and have sufficient food and natural habitats to support a growth in their population, a new study has found. Scientists also found that while the ...
The Conversation

Red squirrels fed on peanuts have weaker jaws – here’s why that matters for conservation

Philip Cox has received funding from the Royal Society. Red squirrels have been replaced over a large part of Great Britain by the non-native grey squirrel, introduced from North America in the late ...

‘You never forget the first time you see a red squirrel’: The volunteer group keeping the species alive in the Glens of Antrim

Sophie Clarke travels to Cushendun to meet Glens Red Squirrel Group head ranger Daniel McAfee and discover how 18 years of grassroots conservation and community support have helped safeguard one of No ...
FOX 10 Phoenix

Red squirrel launches itself at grey squirrel in viral photo

A photographer has captured a remarkable image of a red squirrel just before it attacks a grey squirrel for getting too close, British news agency South West News Service reports. John O'Brien took ...
SUNY-ESF

Red Squirrel

This, the Adjidaumo of Longfellow’s celebrated poem Hiawatha, is the voice of the Adirondack’s brooding forests. The red squirrel’s appearance varies seasonally. The paler, reddish to olive gray coat ...