From Alvin and the Chipmunks to Over the Hedge, both squirrels and chipmunks have featured in some of the best animated movies. But they’re not the same thing, right? Or are they? I don’t know about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lawn with hole near wall - Ali Majdfar/Getty Images It can be hard to tell which pest is creating the holes in your yard when you ...

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Squirrels and chipmunks have powerful noses. That’s how they sniff out buried snacks, find food stashed weeks ago, and avoid plants that mess with their system. Their sense of smell is so dialed in ...

Of the four types of squirrels that live in my neighborhood only the red and gray squirrels have been visiting the feeders. Chipmunks, the smallest members of the squirrel family, aren’t around in the ...

For the past two summers, I have spent time as the personal servant to a couple of (according to one scholarly source) "semi-fossorial sciurids" -- members of the squirrel family that spend some of ...

It can be hard to tell which pest is creating the holes in your yard when you start to find mysterious craters scattered around the lawn. Two of the most common suspects are squirrels and chipmunks, ...