Online creator Derrick Downey Jr. opens up to PEOPLE about how his friendship with neighborhood squirrels changed his life and gave him the nickname the 'Squirrel Whisperer' Courtesy of Derrick ...

New York Republicans are pushing a new law to protect animals after a beloved pet squirrel and internet star named P’Nut was taken and killed by state environmental officers late last year.

Growing up in the suburban New York City area, surrounded by beech/oak forest, we sat in a wonderful place to enjoy the seasonal comings and goings of a wide variety of birds. And since my parents ...

When it comes to wildlife animals inhabiting urban areas, public polls typically rank the tree squirrel as a good neighbor – and yet, also a No. 1 problem-maker, according to the Washington ...

Leucism is slightly more common than albinism. According to the White Squirrel Institute, leucism causes a partial loss of pigmentation but does not affect all pigments, just fur. Meanwhile ...

Engineers have designed robots that crawl, swim, fly and even slither like a snake, but no robot can hold a candle to a squirrel, which can parkour through a thicket of branches, leap across perilous ...

Salto the robot is acting a little squirrelly. The jumping bot can take a flying leap and land on a narrow pipe ­­­— just like a squirrel soaring from branch to branch. It’s the first time ...

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Biologists worked with robot designers to discover how squirrels do it, and used what they learned to design a one-legged robot with the balancing ability and leg biomechanics to correct for over ...

Peanut the squirrel was rescued by Mark Longo of Pine City seven years ago and became an internet star. Peanut and rescue raccoon Fred were seized by the state DEC, and euthanized after Peanut ...