A nationwide study, which used remote cameras to photograph wildlife, has reported the prevalence of the invasive Sika deer and an uptick in the number of native red squirrels and pine martens here.

Four red squirrels have been successfully reintroduced to Castle Ward estate to help the threatened mammals make a comeback in Northern Ireland. The species has faced huge declines in the UK and ...

Numbers have declined from an estimated 3.5 million in the UK just 150 years ago to as low as 120,000.

“You never forget the first time you see a red squirrel,” says Daniel McAfee, head ranger of the Glens Red Squirrel Group, which has spent the past 18 years protecting the species across Co Antrim.

Government plans to protect species by increasing woodland and removing greys, but campaigners say it needs to go further ...

Grey squirrels are an invasive, non-native species introduced from North America to sites in Great Britain and Ireland between 1876 to 1929. They out-compete the native red squirrels and multiply ...

In a fashion faux pas for the books, a UK government minister turned up to a red squirrel conservation conference wearing a ...

A decade ago, I spent several hours inside a wooden box in a Scottish forest.

The Government is supporting research to develop “the pill” for grey squirrels to curb the damage the rodents do to woodlands and their native red cousins.

I have given long standing and public support for the Wildlife Ark Trust vaccine appeal. Concerns over the spread of squirrelpox have increased after a sick red squirrel was found in Bangor, Wales, in ...

Four red squirrels have been successfully reintroduced to Castle Ward estate to help the threatened mammals make a comeback in Northern Ireland.The species has faced huge declines in the UK and ...