A rare colony of red squirrels has been discovered on a tree plantation in the Yorkshire Dales. The endangered species was ...

Red squirrels from the Formby reserve near Liverpool in north-west England had skulls with flatter braincases and longer ...

Take a leaf out of the book of the red squirrel, and try our quiz of the day. Squirrel your way to fitness. It was Squirrel ...

British red squirrels could fall victim to a pox epidemic spread by grey squirrels. Originally from North America, grey squirrels arrived in other parts of the world in the late 19th century.

A large team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.K. has found evidence that red squirrels fed by ...

One of the biggest red squirrel protection groups in England says it is facing an "invasion" of greys. The larger grey squirrel is classified as an invasive non-native species and has contributed ...

There are two species of squirrel in the UK; red squirrels and grey squirrels. Red squirrels are our native species and have lived in the UK for around 10,000 years, grey squirrels were introduced to ...

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 19th century. Today, the British population of red ...

Today, the British population of red squirrels (approximately 287,000 ) is mostly restricted to Scotland, northern England and some offshore islands. This fragmented distribution is bad news for ...

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 19th century. Today, the British population of red ...