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 ...

Lack of genetic diversity among red squirrels poses disease threat, study finds - Genetic diversity is important for species’ survival as it helps them adapt to environmental changes.

The Mount Graham red squirrel faces "a significant risk of extinction," according to a University of Arizona biologist who monitors them. A captive-breeding program is being contemplated to head ...

In this study, led by postdoctoral researcher Lauren Petrullo from the University of Michigan, the team of red squirrel researchers explored how those squirrels gamble with their genetic lineage to ...

Of the four types of squirrels that live in my neighborhood only the red and gray squirrels have been visiting the feeders. Chipmunks, the smallest members of the squirrel family, aren’t around ...

Red squirrels living in Canada’s Yukon territory can have a pretty hard knock life. Bitterly cold winters, resource scarcity, intense competition for habitat, threats from large predators like ...

Medieval residents of Winchester, England, probably got their leprosy from red squirrels in the area, according to a team of archaeologists and geneticists that studied remains from two ...

A red squirrel is at the centre of a rescue operation after it was found trapped in a Perthshire bakery. Greggs in Pitlochry is closed while efforts are made to remove the protected animal, which ...