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If you hear scrabbling in the attic, that's a strong indication you have squirrels. Other signs include a stash of acorns or nuts, nesting in the insulation, a strong smell of urine, chirping babies, ...

Brandee Gruener is a digital editor and writer with 20 years of experience. Her articles on gardening, homes, food, and health have appeared in Hunker, American Gardener, and other national and ...

It’s easy to have a love-hate opinion of squirrels. These furry scamps are the clowns of our natural world and aside from entertaining antics, have a lot to offer in our modern urban and suburban ...

Gray squirrels "feel safer" around road noise, a study found. Research from the University of Exeter reveals the paradoxical ways gray squirrels balance risk and foraging in urban environments.

Once leaves drop in the fall, spotting nests in deciduous trees is easy. But birds likely didn’t build every structure you see: North American tree squirrels also construct treetop nests, called dreys ...