squirrels

The “Squirrel Slam,” a squirrel hunting contest being held upstate New York next week, has drawn heavy fire from animal rights groups and a New York official, who have announced plans to protest against it.

A squirrel collects nuts for the winter in New York’s Central Park.

Creator of Rocky the flying Squirrel and his friend Bullwinkle the Moose, Alex Anderson, has died aged 90.

Researchers have found that red squirrels, an asocial species, will adopt their orphaned relatives.