Governments often use taxes to discourage certain activities and tax exemptions to encourage others. Ohio once implemented a squirrel tax in 1807 to control the population, rewarding residents with ...

A petition has been launched calling for the creation of a red squirrel emoji as part of efforts to raise awareness for one of the UK’s most endangered native mammals. The campaign, led by The ...

In the United Kingdom, gray squirrels are an exotic species, first introduced in the 1870s. While the gray squirrel population has grown to an estimated 2.7 million, native red squirrels have declined ...