A bright purple squirrel trapped by a Pennsylvania couple has experts offering all sorts of theories -- but no concrete answers. Percy and Connie Emert from Jersey Shore, Pa., trapped the brightly ...

Malabar giant squirrels often grow to be twice the size of the grey squirrels common in the North America. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

Some see squirrels as adorable, bushy-tailed creatures that run in circles around tree trunks before they finally race up ...

At first, I thought a black cat had crossed my path, but a second glance out the window revealed the critter was not a cat at all – it was a black squirrel, and a rather burly one at that. Black ...

It looks like Bullwinkle forgot to tell Rocky to go easy with the crayons. A photographer from India has captured several incredible images of the Malabar giant squirrel that have gone viral after ...

Question: A couple of black squirrels have been joining the merry band of gray squirrels marauding my bird feeders. What causes this color change, and how common is it? Answer: Recent research from ...

If your neighborhood has a lot of mature, nut-bearing trees, chances are you also see a lot of gray squirrels. Occasionally, you might notice a squirrel that isn’t gray. Is that a sign of disease?

Malabar giant squirrels often grow to be twice the size of the grey squirrels common in the North America. Malabar giant squirrels often grow to be twice the size of the grey squirrels common in the ...

At first, I thought a black cat had crossed my path, but a second glance out the window revealed the critter was not a cat at all – it was a black squirrel, and a rather burly one at that. Black ...