Q: Should I evict the squirrel who lives in the hole in my golden rain tree’s trunk? There is some rotting on the cut stump. Should it be filled with concrete, or is there a better way to repair it? A ...

Q: Could you suggest what to do about squirrels that take all the apples off the tree before they're even ripe? Is there a spray or something that would keep them away? We just moved here last summer ...

Q: A persistent squirrel keeps stripping the bark of my maple and licking the sap. It is killing the branches of my tree. I have tried everything. How do I get it to go away and stay away? A: ...

DEAR JOAN: I have a mature almond tree in my backyard and every year the squirrels eat all the almonds. This tree is next to a wood fence so the squirrels run along the fence and hop on the branches.

The longest night of the year is upon us, and many of our woodland neighbors have retreated to warm burrows or places south. The intrepid few who remain active all winter are common visitors to my ...

The summer foliage of deciduous trees has dropped and their bare limbs are exposed. What is discovered in the bare canopies? The bare winter tree limbs reveal what busy neighborhood squirrels have ...

A photo of a squirrel stuck in a tree was named photo of the year at the 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards at the Oxo Gallery in London. The photo, which was described by the judges as an ...