If you've ever seen a tree trunk wrapped in wire or metal sheets and wondered what it meant, here's the surprising (but effective) reason behind it.

Squirrels love apples. To protect your crop, try a metal skirt around the trunk to act as a baffle, preventing them from getting up into the tree. A burlap skirt coated with Tangletrap or a ...

A squirrel has taken up residence in a tree trunk, but filling the hole with concrete is not the answer.

Martha Stewart makes sure three orphaned baby squirrels found in a fallen tree on her property are properly cared for and ...

I also enjoy watching the gray squirrels emerge, just after dawn, from their leafy nest part way up the trunk of a large white birch. I never really thought to squirrel-watch until reading "Winter ...

The squirrels cannot climb up the trunk due to the guard, but instead must leap about 8 feet from the nearest tree to gain access.

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?

Don’t wrap it tightly around the trunk, but close enough that the squirrels can’t squeeze in from underneath and make their way up the tree inside the tube.

While the squirrel appears to have gotten stuck while entering the tree hole, in reality it is actually detaching the support on its hind legs as it enters the hole, Milko said.

Two rescuers had to cut a huge hole inside of a tree so that they could rescue a dachshund named Rocco who got stuck inside.