Life can be tough for a squirrel — pets chase them, they are thwarted from feasting on bird feeders, they get run over by cars and bikes when they act squirrely by zig-zagging across roads and trails.

Squirrel hunters and wildlife watchers across the state are questioning the health of some of Georgia's squirrel population. Many have observed small lumps or "warbles" protruding from underneath the ...

What does a student who has an interest in research, parasites, diseases and infections do? Study bot fly infestation on ground squirrels of course. Last summer, Cal State Fullerton biology and health ...

Marcia Pierce photographed this poor squirrel in her Kings Grant yard. “The sores he has are absolutely hideous,” Pierce wrote. The squirrel has warbles. Warbles are the larvae of the botfly, or ...

GAINESVILLE -- Wildlife officers, researchers and veterinarians are all giving the same answer to questions about whether gray squirrels are going nutty this month. "The answer is no," said Karen ...

The parasite’s scientific name is Cuterebra emasculator, which, from its Latin roots, translates as skin-boring testicle remover. In 1856 Asa Fitch (the nation’s first professional entomologist) ...

Wildlife officers, researchers and veterinarians are all giving the same answer to questions about whether gray squirrels are going nutty this month. "The answer is no," said Karen Parker, the public ...

Squirrel hunting season is now under way throughout Georgia, and, apparently, hunters in some areas of the state have questioned the health of the animals. According to the Wildlife Resources Division ...