Red squirrels are able to detect and respond to a returning natural predator, according to a new study from the University of ...

The 90-acre area at Fedian has been described as brimming with wildflower meadows, bird-friendly hedgerows and ancient ...

They studied feed stations at Derryclare Woods in Connemara, and Belleek Woods in Ballina, over 16 months to observe ...

Red squirrels are staging a comeback after being overtaken by their grey cousins, an Irish study has suggested. A resurgence in pine martens, the natural predator of squirrels, has a greater impact on ...

Red squirrels have been almost wiped out by their larger US relatives but now appear to be winning the fight by dodging pine martens which make meals of unsuspecting greys ...

Forestry and Land Scotland says that for a long time, golden eagles have represented a "classic symbol of the wild" in Scotland. Known for the "glorious light golden brown plumage on their head, neck ...

A study conducted by researchers at NUI Galway and the University of Aberdeen found that red squirrels increase their numbers significantly within five years of pine marten population recovery ...

According to Mike Denbury, project manager for Red Squirrels Northern England, the return of pine martens to Kielder Forest in Northumberland has also helped boost red squirrel populations.

Research led by Queen’s has found that whilst red squirrels are responding positively to the increased presence of the pine marten in Ireland and Britain, its ability to control grey squirrels is ...

Pine martens are an important factor in grey squirrel control. “We still have to carry out grey squirrel control, but the presence of the artificial dens in the national forest estate ...

These squirrels can carry a disease that threatens the very existence of their beautiful, russet-colored cousins. Help is at hand, however, from a very unlikely source. The pine marten, a grey ...