Scotland’s red squirrels have among the lowest genetic diversity of any species leaving them vulnerable to disease outbreaks, a study shows. Their lack of diversity could explain why they are slow to ...
A red squirrel eating a hazlenut Alverstone Mead Nature Reserve in Sandown, England. (Credit: Peter Trimming, CC by 2.0 Generic) (CN) — The history of leprosy has been rewritten, thanks to a study ...
A case of squirrelpox has been confirmed in the village of Kirkbean on the Solway Coast, according to Saving Scotland's Red ...
We all love spotting adorable wild animals frolicking in the wild or our own backyards. Finding a wild animal with a gruesome skin condition instead isn't as fun. However, people have been spotting ...
Listen to more stories on the Noa app. When Kathleen Walker-Meikle, a historian at the University of Basel, in Switzerland, ponders the Middle Ages, her mind tends to drift not to religious conquest ...
A dead rabbit found in Central Illinois has tested positive for a bacterial disease, prompting the local health department to urge residents to monitor their families and pets for signs of the illness ...
There are many intriguing facts about squirrels—some of which you likely have never even heard before. Squirrels are far more than just those cute creatures who wreak havoc in your garden or cause ...