If New Year’s resolutions include spending more time outdoors, keep your eyes and ears open for red squirrels. They’re sporting their brightest, thickest fur this time of year and ready to pitch a fit ...

A squad of firefighters rescued a plump squirrel that weaseled its way into a dumpster in upstate New York on Christmas Eve. The intrepid firefighters with the Binghamton Fire Department rolled out of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Every fall, squirrels stash thousands of nuts and other snacks in ...

What started as a mechanism to keep equipment stable on board a Navy ship ended as one of the most recognizable toys of the 20th century. And at the helm of it all was Betty James, one of the first ...

It’s been a tough year, but the Mount Graham red squirrel got through it better than a lot of us did. The population of endangered rodents held steady in 2025, according to the annual count by state ...

The baby boomer generation, in addition to being large in numbers, also began at a time when the parents had endured the limitations of the Depression and a war. The new era ushered in a huge ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. As someone who routinely “hides” things from myself—car keys ...

The 16-contender bracket came down to each squirrel's heftiness and overall charm Getty Chunkosaurus Rex of Dinosaur Valley State Park won the first-ever Fat Squirrel Week The Texas Parks and Wildlife ...

Move over, Fat Bear Week — we've got a new fat animal in town. Every year as fall begins, outdoor enthusiasts observe the holiest of traditions: crowning the fattest bear at Brooks River in Alaska's ...

Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for four newspapers in Texas and Louisiana and for three television stations in Texas. He has also spent ...

Move over, bears. Texas squirrels are making headlines now after the state crowned the winner of its first-ever Fat Squirrel Week competition. And, which squirrel claimed the title? His name is ...

Squirrels: Are they just rats with better PR? Be advised that this is not safe reading material for squirrel lovers, or even squirrel apologists. In my opinion, squirrels are worse than rats—smarter, ...