Little is known about how the leprosy bacteria, which causes swelling and hair loss to the ears, muzzle and feet, is spread among red squirrels. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh will ...

British wildlife photographer Dani Connor with one of the red squirrels she photographed ... it turned in its little paws like tiny ears of corn, the squirrel emitted squeaks, grunts and burps ...

Britain's red squirrels face a deadly threat from leprosy ... telltale hair loss and severe swelling of the snout, eyelids, ears and feet. She said: “There have been six cases in Scotland ...

Fisher and his colleagues studied more than 2,600 red squirrels in Yukon, Canada. Between 1989 and 2015, they tagged the ears of newborn pups to track their survival, and measured their growth ...

The AI identifies the red squirrels by their tails, ears, and weight, even though they are sometimes the same colour as their grey peers. Therefore it increases the red squirrels chances of ...