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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...