While the sight of an adorable Japanese squirrel chewing on a deer jawbone might send shivers down your spine, at least you ...

The Tokyo Zoological Park Society said on Dec. 11 that 31 Japanese squirrels, or “nihon-risu,” died within a week of being exposed to multiple pesticides at Inokashira Park Zoo in Musashino ...

One common Japanese squirrel died soon afterwards and over the subsequent days more perished, with 31 fatalities recorded by Monday morning. “The possibility of drug-induced poisoning cannot be ...

Japanese authorities have decided to cull non-native “invasive” squirrels which are harming ancient buildings and wooden shrines and causing damage to the local ecosystem in the city of Kamakura.

Japanese social media users have fallen in love with a squirrel spotted at an animal park in Tokyo, thanks to its curvaceous anatomy. A Twitter user shared a photograph of the squirrel ...

Another creature with great stealth is the Japanese dwarf flying squirrel. One way to distinguish between the two is that the Siberian flying squirrel is about 20 centimeters long, while the ...

Some flying squirrels have only one mating cycle per year but others, such as the Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, have two. The time of year for mating and birth depend on the species as well.