Both squirrels and chipmunks are uninvited guests that cause unsightly lawn damage. However, the two creatures have different ...

Squirrels are notorious for taking a single bite out of every ripening tomato or strawberry, rendering the entire crop ...

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Of the four types of squirrels that live in my neighborhood only the red and gray squirrels have been visiting the feeders. Chipmunks, the smallest members of the squirrel family, aren’t around in the ...

You've taken the steps to prevent lawn rust, you've got your watering routine down to a T, and you've even developed bird-safe mowing habits — and yet your dream lawn is still showing signs of damage ...

Squirrels and chipmunks have powerful noses. That’s how they sniff out buried snacks, find food stashed weeks ago, and avoid plants that mess with their system. Their sense of smell is so dialed in ...

We're all for creating a home for wildlife when gardening, but while you might want to encourage seemingly cute critters like chipmunks into your backyard, they can actually be surprisingly ...

If you’ve ever found your tulips dug up or your petunias mysteriously missing petals, there’s a good chance some furry little foragers have made a snack out of your hard work. Squirrel and chipmunk ...

For the past two summers, I have spent time as the personal servant to a couple of (according to one scholarly source) "semi-fossorial sciurids" -- members of the squirrel family that spend some of ...

To anyone spending any time outside, this has been the year of the chipmunk. Yards and gardens are punctuated by holes about the size of a silver dollar. Under bird feeders, along the Rail Trail, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lawn with hole near wall - Ali Majdfar/Getty Images It can be hard to tell which pest is creating the holes in your yard when you ...