Some gray squirrels may have a reddish, yellowish or cinnamon color and occasional populations may be solid black. Fox squirrels vary much more in color throughout their range than gray squirrels.

Fox squirrels commonly reach total lengths of 18 to more than 27 inches. They are also much heavier, weighing from about 18 ounces to more than 48 ounces, just under twice as much as the largest ...

Fox squirrels vary from silver-gray with a predominantly black head to solid black to a light buff or brown color tinged with reddish-yellow. Generally larger than grays, fox squirrels range in ...

Some gray squirrels may have a reddish or cinnamon color and occasional populations may be solid black. Fox squirrels vary much more in color throughout their range than gray squirrels.

Q: We saw an animal on the edge of a golf course fairway that I have never seen before. It looked like an enormous gray squirrel with a black head.

ALBANY — Georgia is home to the largest species of tree squirrel living in North America. The fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) can regularly be seen in southwest Georgia sitting upright scanning its ...

Editor's Note: Mike Marsh's Jan. 1 column on hunting for white fox squirrels has drawn a lot of interest, both positive and negative, via the StarNews' Buzz feature through the opinions page, as ...

Michigan has four species of (tree-dwelling) squirrels which are the red, fox, gray and flying. Red squirrels, which are found statewide, are much smaller than gray and fox squirrels and tend to ...

(Some fox squirrels, which are usually reddish-brown, are also black.) sanches12/iStock via Getty Images Scientists theorize a black fox squirrel may have joined in on a mating chase involving ...

Black squirrels are seen across North America and England Crazyjoepaul via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Despite differences in coloring, eastern gray squirrels and so-called black ...