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However, ground squirrels, like our chipmunks, enter a true hibernation state. During this time, their body temperature drops dramatically, and their heart rate slows to just a few beats per minute.

Hantavirus isn't just in deer mice, according to a new peer-reviewed study from the University of New Mexico, which found the virus in a quarter of more than 1,400 small mammals tested across the ...

As if weeds and weird weather weren't bad enough, gardeners also have to face insect pests. Here's how to deal with them. Do ...

The name “Purgatory Chasm” sounds like somewhere you’d send your in-laws when they overstay their welcome, but this geological wonder in Sutton, Massachusetts is actually heaven for adventure seekers ...

The eastern chipmunks and gray squirrels provide constant entertainment with their ... farm markets and roadside stands selling produce so fresh it was probably in the ground that morning. Nothing ...

New York Republicans are pushing a new law to protect animals after a beloved pet squirrel and internet star named P’Nut was taken and killed by state environmental officers late last year.

When it comes to wildlife animals inhabiting urban areas, public polls typically rank the tree squirrel as a good neighbor – and yet, also a No. 1 problem-maker, according to the Washington ...