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Gray Squirrels are our most common squirrels and are with us year round. They can beabundant in cities where there are oaks and bird feeders. They love sunflower seeds and areoften considered a scourge by humans who put out food for birds. Although stores regularly sellbird feeders that are marketed as being \“squirrel-proof\”, the advertiser has usuallyunderestimated squirrel abilities.

Clodagh Kilcoyne/ReutersA British lawmaker was criticized after bizarrely likening gray squirrels to Hamas during a debate Tuesday. Jim Shannon, a member of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, spoke in Westminster about a debate over controlling the U.K.’s gray squirrel population. After praising a local group working to protect red squirrels in his constituency, Shannon said: “Gray squirrels are the Hamas of the squirrel world.” A spokesperson for the U.K.&...

Chances are you've seen a few squirrels if you've visited the University of Alabama campus. Here's what you need to know about these tree dwellers.

Chances are you've seen a few squirrels if you've visited the University of Alabama campus. Here's what you need to know about these tree dwellers.

It’s estimated that as few as 468 western gray squirrels remain in Washington.

Turns out, the Kellogg brothers may have played a part in their reintroduction to Southwest Michigan.

Turns out, the Kellogg brothers may have played a part in their reintroduction to Southwest Michigan.

Turns out, the Kellogg brothers may have played a part in their reintroduction to Southwest Michigan.

Turns out, the Kellogg brothers may have played a part in their reintroduction to Southwest Michigan.

Turns out, the Kellogg brothers may have played a part in their reintroduction to Southwest Michigan.