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

Wide-eyed and cute as they appear, pine martens are sharp-clawed predators. Their agility and tree-climbing skills make them the enemy of any squirrel. But an innate fear of their predators seems, ...

Wide-eyed and cute as they appear, pine martens are sharp-clawed predators. Their agility and tree-climbing skills make them the enemy of any squirrel. But an innate fear of their predators seems, ...

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

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

Red squirrels could be saved by bringing back pine martens to English forests, a study has concluded. The pine marten was once the second most common carnivore in Britain but woodland clearance ...

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 ...

The return of the formerly ostracized pine marten to Scotland is helping native red squirrels regain ground from their invasive grey cousins. In the late 1800s, wealthy Victorians shipped North ...

By the 1920s, pine martens were virtually extinct in the UK after centuries of persecution to protect game birds and poultry. Only a population in north-west Scotland and small numbers in northern ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...