In medieval England, red squirrels were popular pets and their fur was widely used to trim and line clothes Humans may have caught leprosy from squirrels in medieval times, researchers say.

Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels (SSRS) said the incidents around ... Lisa Fuller Some outbreaks of the disease can take "months to burn out" It has been trapping and killing greys in a bid to ...

“There have been no squirrel to human rabies transmission ever documented in this country,” said Rensimer, a Texas infectious disease specialist who has been studying rabies for decades.

vole infestations have been observed. At the research site, the study’s authors noted a significantly higher number of voles than average over the past decade. California ground squirrels have ...

Researchers say the northern part of the state is in the midst of a vole infestation and squirrels have been helping reduce the population. According to Sonja Wild, California voles undergo ...