This feeder is the new favorite among birders who were consistently grappling with invasive squirrels but couldn't find a way ...

I love watching them running up the trees and flying from branch to branch, but when I see them digging up bulbs or helping ...

A leaping robot could have application in search and rescue, construction, even forest monitoring. But how do you design a robot to stick a landing on a branch or pipe? Biologists worked with ...

Tired of squirrels raiding your bird feeder? Learn three simple strategies to keep them out and protect feeders so you can ...

Tired of squirrels raiding your bird feeder? Learn three simple strategies to keep them out and protect feeders so you can ...

I love me a bio-inspired robot that pulls off challenging feats by taking cues from the natural world. University of California, Berkeley (UCB) researchers have now shown off the one-legged Salto ...

Tree squirrels are the Olympic divers of the rodent world, leaping gracefully among branches and structures high above the ground. And as with human divers, a squirrel’s success in this ...

I noticed a lot of small twigs with leaves on them under my oak tree and became concerned about the oak. It is a large, ...

Top photo: A free-ranging squirrel leaps from one branch to a branch instrumented to measure force. (Image credit: Sebastian Lee). Bottom photo: A one-legged robot, called Salto, was modified to ...

Salto the jumping robot can take a flying leap and land on a narrow pipe — just like a squirrel soaring from branch to branch.