Native to the Arctic and Subarctic of North America and Asia, they live in scattered colonies to help keep a watch for predators ...

A decades-long study on golden-mantled ground squirrels gives insight into climate change’s effect on animals at high ...

Comparison of body temperature pattern of a hibernating arctic ground squirrel (in blue) and a hibernating bear (in red) in Alaska. The decrease in the bear's body temperature is much less than ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The energy requirements of Adirondack populations probably exceed this amount. In autumn, gray squirrels clip nuts from the canopy, and scatter hoard them in the ground, relying on their keen sense of ...

They concluded that the first squirrels were arboreal and that ground squirrels evolved from there. The eastern gray and fox squirrels co-evolved with the walnut tree family, which includes hickory ...

Within these habitats, red squirrels build nests 3-18 m (10-60 ft) above the ground inside a natural tree cavity, abandoned woodpecker nest, or on a branch. Exposed nests are usually near the trunk on ...

Oct. 6—The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and Purdue Fort Wayne (PFW) have teamed up to return Franklin's ground squirrels to their native Indiana ...

From tree stumps, to lichen, to humble squirrels that fade into the background ... 11-year old skaters, arctic biologists, and "The Badgers" — a panel of kids who badger experts with their ...

When ground squirrels hibernate, their core body temperature drops dramatically—in the case of the arctic ground squirrel, to as low as 26.7°F, possibly the lowest body temperature of any mammal on ...