Biologists found the could quite accurately predict what type of predator was threatening a squirrel by analyzing its sounds and tail movements. Everyone has watched squirrels playfully climbing trees ...
FIELDING LAKE — I spotted my first Parki squirrel of the season Monday. I was at the northern end of Isabel Pass near the Black Rapids Glacier when I heard the tell­tale warning trill. I stopped and ...
Coral Gables, FL – October 14, 2014 – Everyone has watched squirrels playfully climbing trees, gracefully leaping from branch to branch, and scurrying across parks. Thaddeus McRae, Ph.D '12, adjunct ...
It might sound nuts. But the squirrels are definitely listening. For years, researchers have known that squirrels can eavesdrop on other species’ alarm calls to cue into dangerous situations that they ...
DEAR JOAN: We live in the hills and often hear tree squirrels in our oaks, screeching and clucking. I’ve assumed they are warning others of predators, but perhaps you have alternate information. Mike ...
Grey squirrels eavesdrop on the chatter between nearby songbirds as a sign of safety. Grey squirrels eavesdrop on the chatter between nearby songbirds as a sign of safety. Birds chatter when they feel ...
This might sound a bit nutty, but U.S. researchers are using robot squirrels to learn more about how real ones interact with their main predator, rattlesnakes. The lifelike robot, built by a team from ...
It might sound nuts. But the squirrels are definitely listening. For years, researchers have known that squirrels can eavesdrop on other species’ alarm calls to cue into dangerous situations that they ...
when they feel safe to communicate the absence of danger or share their location. This "chatter" from multiple bird species could therefore be a useful cue to other creatures that there is no imminent ...