In fact, squirrels take two methodical approaches to storing their food: ... Jacobs and her team provided eight hand-raised gray squirrels with 10 nuts each to bury in the same enclosed area.

While Dr. Jacobs' study found that the rate of a nut's deterioration seems to have little bearing on whether squirrels eat or bury nuts, some scientists disagree.

So, storing food for winter starts back in summer when the oak, hickory and walnut trees are dropping their nuts. Squirrels are considered scatter hoarders, which means that instead of storing all ...

Flying squirrels were observed gnawing on nuts and storing them in between tree branches. (Image credit: Han et al/eLife) When the researchers checked on the stored nuts three and a half months ...

The Particolored Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger). Credit: Rejoice Gassah (CC By 4.0) Two species of flying squirrel in China's southern rainforests keep their nut stash high and dry by ...

Researchers found around 150 stored nuts in a 5-hectare area of forest, then set up 32 infrared cameras to monitor some of the stored nuts. They found two species of squirrels came to check the ...

Squirrels will retrieve the nuts as soon as there are no other food sources around. So, if you see the scavengers out in full force this fall, just remember they're on a survival mission. More ...

Flying squirrels in China have developed a clever way to hide their nuts — chewing grooves in them so they can be stored between tree branches. The unusual behavior, seen in two species in the ...