A petition calling for urgent action has attracted more than 75,000 signatures England's red squirrels are close to extinction and the government needs to do more to protect them, an animal welfare ...

British deer could face the same fate as the red squirrel, experts have warned – as a study reveals they are being outcompeted by a hardier, more aggressive species. Researchers have discovered that ...

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 19th century. Today, the British population of red ...

Red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) thrive in the north of England and Scotland and occupy a patchwork of highly fragmented woodland habitats. In the September 21 Science, Marie Hale and colleagues from ...

Red squirrels are one of our most cherished native animals, thanks to children's tales like Beatrix Potter's Squirrel Nutkin .. but England has so few left.

Red squirrel with possible leprosy, mild alopecia on ear. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 11 November 2016, issue of <i>Science</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by C. Avanzi at ...