At first, this brown, mangled ball of fur and claws was unidentifiable. But X-ray scans have revealed that this grapefruit-sized lump is a 30,000-year-old mummified ground squirrel from the ice age.

Here’s how it works. An unrecognizable ball of fur, claws and limbs that was recently unearthed in Canada is actually a mummified squirrel that likely died while it hibernated around 30,000 ...

A mysterious lump of fur found frozen in Northern Canada has been identified as a 30,000-year-old mummified squirrel. Experts believe the Ice Age creature may have been hibernating at the time of ...

Squirrels might be the ultimate critter. They are fun to hunt, taste amazing, and their fur is extremely useful. Squirrel tails and pelts in particular are great for crafts and decorations ...

Scientists have worked out why some squirrels have black fur in a groundbreaking new study. They discovered the unusually coloured black squirrel is the result of interbreeding between fox and ...

It's the time of year when squirrels gather nuts, but police are now looking for a nut who gathered a squirrel. Someone pilfered a 4-foot-tall, Fiberglas squirrel from the miniature golf course at ...

Fur processing, too, would have provided ample opportunity for spread. In the High and Late Middle Ages, squirrel fur was the most popular fur used to trim and line garments, and clothes made with ...