Campaign launched for endangered red squirrels to get emoji - Numbers have declined from an estimated 3.5 million in the UK just 150 years ago to as low as 120,000.

Government plans to protect species by increasing woodland and removing greys, but campaigners say it needs to go further ...

Many wildlife organisations allow you to report a sighting online, including the Lancashire Wildlife Trust. You can also take part in surveys to help gather data on the red squirrel population. Local ...

The native red squirrels found scurrying around the forests of Britain are harboring a secret. The rodents with a penchant for nuts and pine cones have been found to be carrying multiple strains of ...

It might seem slightly paradoxical but in the UK, red squirrel number increase when populations of their native predator, the pine marten, also increase. The rest of this article is behind a paywall.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red squirrels are sadly under threat, and experts warn that without public support, the mammals could face extinction in England.

The range of red squirrels in the Highlands has increased by more than 25% in a decade following a reintroduction project by a rewilding charity. Surveys for the charity Trees for Life show more than ...

Grey squirrels are an invasive, non-native species introduced from North America to sites in Great Britain and Ireland between 1876 to 1929. They out-compete the native red squirrels and multiply ...

In nature, it really is survival of the fittest. Photos of a red squirrel and woodpecker have gone viral after they showed the two animals fighting each other for nuts. Karen Crawford took the ...