As far as why we gravitate toward differently colored animals, the researchers point out that humans have a long history of prejudice and predilection when it comes to animals’ coats — whether it’s ...

There are 2.5 million grey squirrels and 138,000 red squirrels but a new colour has joined the ranks - the black squirrel. And people are scared about the "mutant" black "menace".

Black squirrels have a mutation which causes more melanin in their fur ... Initially introduced as an ornamental species, they soon spread throughout the UK and other European nations, ...

When the first European settlers came to what is now Indiana, tree squirrels inhabited a near-continuous hardwood forest of walnut, oak, hickory, persimmon, tulip poplar, beech, chestnut and maple ...

The first batch of black squirrels — eight in number — was sent to the National Zoo in 1902 by Thomas W. Gibson, Ontario's superintendent for parks.Smithsonian secretary Samuel P. Langley, in ...

A SURVEY commissioned by the European Squirrel Initiative shows growing public support for control of the grey squirrel population in Britain.