Squirrels in eastern Russia have apparently turned nasty and killed a dog in the centre of a park in a village called Lazo in eastern Russia. This has been attributed to a failure of the cone crops – see the full story posted on BBC News World Edition on 1st December 2005 at news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4489792.stm. Also […]
Geoffrey Palmer and John Koprowski Ecology of Introduced Mexican Red-bellied Squirrels in Biscayne National Park and their impact on an Endangered Palm Two pairs of Mexican Red-bellied Squirrels (Sciurus aureogaster) were introduced to the 10 km2 Elliott Key in Biscayne National Park, Florida, USA about 70 years ago. The population expanded to the point where […]
Apparently, squirrels in London have become addicted to Class A drugs – see the article, South London squirrels after different kind of stash from The Guardian newspaper on 8th October 2005 www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1587694,00.html .
Periyar Tiger Reserve, on the banks of Periyar Lake situated in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India 22-29 March 2006 Second Announcement & Call for Abstracts The Fourth International Colloquium on Tree Squirrels and the First Colloquium on Flying Squirrels are envisioned as being a meeting place for researchers with an active interest in tree […]
Proceedings of the 2005 Irish Red Squirrel Conservation Symposium held at the National University of Ireland, Galway are now available on-line. Please go to the Conferences and Meetings Webpage or the Publications Webpage, both under Articles.
Goedele Verbeylen writes: Sciurotamias davidianus “In August 2005 we found out about a park (size 5 ha) in Flanders where a population of alien squirrels is present for about 2 years now. They reproduce well (they estimate about 20-30 animals present now) and start to do serious damage to the trees (and also to an […]
In the recently released film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, based on the book by Roald Dahl, real, rather than virtual, squirrels had to be trained to crack nuts to order for one particular scene – see news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4702653.stm for further information. Cracking good stuff! We are also reliably infomed that the film is very good.
It was with great sadness to learn that Italo Currado passed away on Tuesday 26th July 2005; he was 69 years old. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. See Italo Currado 1936-2005.
This was organised by Dr Colin Lawton and held at the National University of Ireland, Galway in April 2005. It is hoped to post the abstracts and a discussion report from the meeting on Squirrel Web soon.
The Fourth International Colloquium on Tree Squirrels & the first Colloquium on Flying Squirrels will be held in Periyar Tiger Reserve, on the banks of Periyar Lake situated in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India in March 2006. Please go to the Conferences and Meetings page for further details.