Biologists found the could quite accurately predict what type of predator was threatening a squirrel by analyzing its sounds and tail movements. Everyone has watched squirrels playfully climbing trees ...

It might sound nuts. But the squirrels are definitely listening. For years, researchers have known that squirrels can eavesdrop on other species’ alarm calls to cue into dangerous situations that they ...

Half a century ago, when I was just 10, my uncle Julius took me squirrel hunting on his Crowley’s Ridge farm in Cross County. A 20-acre tract of oaks and hickories was the destination he chose. We ...

DEAR JOAN: Yesterday morning when preparing for the day, I had the bathroom window open and all of a sudden, I heard urgent sounds of something right outside. I looked out and there was a squirrel ...

"Robosquirrel" replicates two key behaviors observed in the wild when confronted by the predator This might sound a bit nutty, but U.S. researchers are using robot squirrels to learn more about how ...

In a series called Close Listening: Decoding Nature Through Sound, Morning Edition has been profiling scientists who explore the natural world by listening to it. But sometimes listening isn't enough ...