Dramatic red squirrel jump pictures captured by wildlife photographer

The jaw-dropping action shot of a red squirrel flying through the air like a comic-book hero has captured a split second of ...
WRAL

How Do Squirrels Jump So High?

Q: How can squirrels jump so far? And how do they hold on to tree limbs as they gambol about? A: Squirrels have evolved with several anatomical adaptations that help them with their acrobatics. While ...
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Why Squirrels Always Seem to Jump Out in Front of Our Cars

Okay, I'm going to start with a sad statistic. We drivers kill more than 40 million squirrels annually according to the website A to Z Animals. Truly an upsetting experience for the majority of us as ...
Army Times

Acrobatic squirrels may hold the key to better jumping robots in Army-funded research

Army-funded research on wild squirrels and how they jump at the University of California-Berkley aims to learn how to apply their acrobactic ways to future robot systems. (UC-Berkeley) Those twitchy ...