Walking or driving slowly down their assigned streets, the aspiring biologists tally all the squirrels they see, whether black, red or dead. Their surveys have fueled Wilson’s research and built ...

Black, Red or Dead: How Omaha Became a Hub for Black Squirrel Scholarship Three taxidermied penguins preside over Room 426 in Allwine Hall, standing atop a row of metal cabinets in the back corner.

For the most part, red squirrels appear immune to melanism, making it extremely rare to ever encounter a black red squirrel. But if you keep your eyes peeled you might eventually spot a black gray ...

The red squirrel’s appearance varies seasonally. The paler, reddish to olive gray coat of summer includes a black line along each side, and creamy white or buffy underparts. In the winter, reddish ...

A black board at the back of one cage separates ... Al and Bob, as you may have guessed, are both males. Four red squirrels were brought here in July 2011 when officials feared wildfires on ...

The Phoenix Zoo has experience bringing back creatures with similar difficulties, including black-footed ferrets. The endangered Mount Graham red squirrel has lost nearly half its population over ...

Squirrels, on the other hand, come in a wide range of hues, but most commonly have uniformly colored fur that is predominantly gray, brown, black, or red. Chipmunks live and thrive in most parts ...

Road accidents seem to be behind the natural selection of black squirrels in US cities, as they may be easier than grey ones for motorists to spot and swerve to avoid. Grey squirrels (Sciurus ...

Larger populations are found in Council Bluffs, Shenandoah and Red Oak. It might just be my imagination, but I believe black squirrels are found only in urban settings. I have not seen them out in ...

For the most part, red squirrels appear immune to melanism, making it extremely rare to ever encounter a black red squirrel. But if you keep your eyes peeled you might eventually spot a black gray ...