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 ...

Mama squirrel, my old friend, had three babies in the facade of my house again. I had seen her trying to dig a new hole in the house earlier in the winter, but I didn’t think she had been able to get ...

For Mother’s Day, I thought I’d write about some mothers I love in nature. The mothering instinct (and some dads have it too) is so strong among animals this time of year that you want to recognize ...

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 ...