New research has shown how current red squirrel conservation strategies in the UK and Ireland, that favor non-native conifer plantations, are likely to negatively impact red squirrels. The research, ...

In a first of its kind study, researchers have identified significant differences between the diversity of gut bacteria in gray squirrels compared to red squirrels which could hold the key to further ...

Grey squirrels are an invasive, non-native species introduced from North America to sites in Great Britain and Ireland between 1876 to 1929. They out-compete the native red squirrels and multiply ...

Campaign launched for endangered red squirrels to get emoji - Numbers have declined from an estimated 3.5 million in the UK ...

Across large parts of the UK, the native red squirrel has been replaced by the grey squirrel, a North American species. As well as endangering reds, grey squirrels pose a threat to our woodlands ...

Deadly squirrelpox confirmed in Scottish red squirrels - It is only the second time the virus has been detected north of the central belt.