I have a confession: I don’t understand the hate people have for squirrels. I don’t understand the eagerness for building “squirrel-proof” bird feeders and such. Yes, squirrels can be greedy little ...

I’m a big fan of squirrels. Some people call them rats with fuzzy tails, and although this may be rather accurate, I still find them adorable. (Lots of people love rats, too!). While my neighbors drop ...

Wild animals don't usually ask people for help, but when it came to getting aid for an injured baby, a mother squirrel stopped at nothing. Tia Powell was walking in a park in Pulaski, Virginia, when a ...

As he did in Interrupting Chicken and Pouch!, Stein again shows his skill at finding laughs in commonplace situations. Ol’ Mama Squirrel keeps her squirrel children safe from a variety of intruders ...

Katri Twiford in Timberlake watched a mama squirrel carry her tiny young, one by one, to a corner of Twiford’s roof, which the squirrel must have assumed was a safer nesting spot than the one she had.

Animal lover that she is, Debby Cantlon didn’t hesitate when someone asked if she could take in an orphaned newborn squirrel and nurse it back to health. Neither did Mademoiselle Giselle, her pregnant ...