Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Squirrels don’t use a single strategy to recover their stashes. Every fall, squirrels stash thousands of nuts and other snacks in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every fall, squirrels stash hundreds of nuts to survive the colder winter months. As someone who routinely “hides” things from ...

Outdoors How do squirrels remember where they put their nuts? The gray buggers are running all over their place storing food for winter right now in Minnesota. Also, look for wintergreen providing ...

Every year, squirrels bury thousands of nuts, yet they only recover about a quarter of them. This is not due to forgetfulness, but rather a reliance on spatial memory and scent detection. Recent ...