ALBANY — Georgia is home to the largest species of tree squirrel living in North America. The fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) can regularly be seen in southwest Georgia sitting upright scanning its ...

“The fox squirrel is the largest tree squirrel in North Carolina, nearly twice the size of the more common gray squirrel,” said the state’s Facebook post. How big do they get? “When I saw one the ...

Have you ever seen a strange looking squirrel cross your path? Frequently spotted in the Lowcountry crossing roads or on the golf course, these curious looking squirrels tend to capture quite the ...

Invasive fox squirrels have spread into Utah, carrying a disease that threatens to wipe out native red squirrels — a loss ...

If you’re around the Outer Banks and happen to see a squirrel with funny markings about twice the size of your average furry bird feeder-bandit, North Carolina wildlife officials want to hear from you ...

The biology of fox squirrels (Sciurus niger) in the Southeast : a review / Susan C. Loeb and Nancy D. Moncrief -- Systematic relationships of populations of the fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) in the ...

Murray Miller with Wildlife, Inc. holds a fox squirrel at the nonprofit’s headquarters in Bradenton Beach. The nonprofit is looking to expand its facility. Claire Aronson [email protected] Have ...