How hibernating squirrels go more than six months without water—and don’t get thirsty
For six to eight months of each year, thirteen-lined ground squirrels don’t leave their small, subterranean dens. Beneath ...
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Mount Graham red squirrels continue to rebound from 2017 wildfire
Seven years after a wildfire nearly wiped it out, the Mount Graham red squirrel continues its climb back from the brink, ...
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How squirrels survive winter without food or water
Discover how ground squirrels survive winter without food or water through remarkable biochemical adaptations.
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Endangered Mount Graham red squirrel numbers are going up
A squirrel population nearly decimated after a 2017 fire seems to be surging back to life. The endangered Mount Graham red squirrel saw its already small population dwindle to about 35 after the Frye ...
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The secret life of red squirrels, living in seclusion in boreal spruce trees
Biologist Stan Boutin with the University of Alberta in Edmonton has spent 30 years studying a population that lives in a ...
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Endangered Mount Graham red squirrel population increases substantially
The endangered Mount Graham red squirrel, a subspecies of squirrel found only in the Pinaleño Mountains of southeastern Arizona, has been surveyed ...
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How hibernating squirrels go more than six months without water—and don’t get thirsty
“This is a very hot topic for NASA,” she says. From small squirrel burrows, to the vast universe, science is building unexpected bridges. Lauren Leffer is a science, tech, and environmental ...