Like many people, cute animals find a real soft spot with me. It really isn’t fair, but a lizard or turtle just doesn’t create the same emotional response as a cuddly mammal. I rediscovered this ...

University of Arizona researcher Allie Burnett knows more about the elusive Harris’ antelope ground squirrel than practically anyone in the world. “They’re not chipmunks,” Burnett often corrects ...

Sitting in my campsite at Goblin Valley State Park, I saw an antelope ground squirrel standing erect on its back feet, which I found amusing. I soon found that this was a common posture evoked by ...

Ted Williams of Audubon Magazine speaks with Debbie Elliott about the antelope squirrel's survival tactics, and the courting calls of muskrats.

The Texas antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus interpres) is verified to have been observed in 14 counties in the Trans-Pecos and Edwards Plateau eco-regions of Texas, although it almost assuredly ...

Adaptation is a fascinating subject. In the context of natural history, adaptation means the evolution of features that enhance survival in the environment an organism occupies. If the environment ...

PHOENIX – An image of two squirrels who appear to be greeting each other took top honors in this year’s Arizona Game and Fish Department wildlife photo contest. Julie Curtis’ photo of Harris’s ...

Sitting in my campsite at Goblin Valley State Park, I saw an antelope ground squirrel standing erect on its back feet, which I found amusing. I soon found that this was a common posture evoked by ...