New research suggests red squirrels may be more resilient than their grey counterparts, due to an ability to detect predators ...

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 ...

Now, new research suggests that native pine martens, also once on the decline, are suppressing the invading squirrels' numbers. For many years, populations of a little red squirrel with cute ear ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- One of Scotland's native mammals, the pine marten, may help save another one, the red squirrel, by driving down the population of grey squirrels. The pine ...

These tools allow experts to monitor the animals without disturbing them. Experts use cameras and peanut butter to check up ...

The return of pine martens to central Ireland has been followed by a resurgence of red squirrels, writes Emma Sheehy. Now that the predatory mammal is being seen south of the Scottish border, the same ...

The media message is simple: the return of pine martens will herald the decline or even eradication of grey squirrels, which, since their arrival from North America in 1876, have caused regional ...

It might look like a game of tag as this pine marten chases a squirrel around a tree trunk but it's deadly serious. A hunter in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, managed to film the squirrel ...

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 ...

Artificial pine marten dens are being installed in forests in central and eastern Scotland in a bid to help protect the Scottish red squirrel population. Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS ...

An elusive mustelid, the pine marten is mostly found in the north of the UK, particularly Scotland. It prefers woodland habitats, climbing very well and living in tree holes, old squirrel dreys ...

the media has courted the charismatic mammal as the saviour for the UK’s embattled red squirrels. The media message is simple: the return of pine martens will herald the decline or even eradication of ...