Ontario has chipmunks, marmots, ground squirrels (Franklin’s), tree squirrels (red, Eastern grey and fox), and flying squirrels. Only nine species are easy to tell apart (or not): Franklin’s, found ...

Chipmunks (genus Tamias) and tree squirrels (genus Sciurus) can both be spotted scurrying through yards and wooded areas, collecting food, and dashing into their hidey-holes. Both animals are part ...

Camrose County will create a report using data collected from farmers to present to the federal government. The report will ...

Thirteen-lined ground squirrels resemble chipmunks on steroids. They're about the same length as a chipmunk — 10 inches from tip of nose to tail — but can be double the weight.

Naturalist Brian Keating headed south of Calgary recently and encountered three of them in one afternoon — one least chipmunk, one thirteen-lined ground squirrel, and dozens of pocket gophers.

The small chipmunk-like squirrel species is native to western North America. It's generally found in coniferous and mixed coniferous-hardwood forests. It is also common in mountainous areas.

I broadened Nathanson’s question out to be chipmunks and ground squirrels. Ground squirrels caught my eye last spring during the lockdown period for the pandemic when I saw a 13-lined ground ...

5. Keep Things Tidy Squirrels and chipmunks love cluttered, cozy hiding spots. Clear out brush piles, keep wood stacked neatly, and trim low-hanging branches.