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Animal caregiver Emma Geisler carefully feeds a baby squirrel when the tiny critter wriggles free and makes a break for it. “Squirrel out,” she says. Nursery supervisor Jessica Sonzogni reaches for ...

Q: This past Thursday and Friday, we had visits from a flock of about a dozen evening grosbeaks. In both cases, they were chased away from our feeder by an aggressive red squirrel (is there any other ...

As the squirrel rotates a nut between its front paws, its brain is considering a variety of factors to reach the answer to a critical question: Do I eat this nut now, or do I store it for later?