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Philip Cox has received funding from the Royal Society. 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 ...

Native red squirrels are expanding across central Scotland thanks to the efforts of a 'pioneering' nature conservation project.

Back in 2009, red squirrels were thin on the ground in Aberdeen - instead grey squirrels were a common sight in the city's ...

In nature, it really is survival of the fittest. Photos of a red squirrel and woodpecker have gone viral after they showed the two animals fighting each other for nuts. Karen Crawford took the ...

Conservationists have hailed the "super-exciting" success of a rare colony of red squirrels discovered on a tree plantation in North Yorkshire. The animals were first identified in January, in a sitka ...

Red squirrels are sadly under threat, and experts warn that without public support, the mammals could face extinction in England. The animals were recently named by The Mammal Society as being on the ...

Microbiologists at EPFL and the University of Edinburgh have discovered that red squirrels in Britain and Ireland carry the two bacterial species that cause leprosy in humans. Once rampant in medieval ...

The range of red squirrels in the Highlands has increased by more than 25% in a decade following a reintroduction project by a rewilding charity. Surveys for the charity Trees for Life show more than ...

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The future of red squirrels in the UK is in danger and conservationists are calling for your help. SEE ALSO: Wow, this gang of squirrel monkey babies is very adorable The endangered mammal needs ...