"It's just a happy thing to see - we should be hanging our heads in shame if we let the red squirrel fail," says nature enthusiast Pete Muldoon. As a volunteer in Formby's woodlands on Merseyside, he ...

A petition has been launched calling for the creation of a red squirrel emoji as part of efforts to raise awareness for one of the UK’s most endangered native mammals. The campaign, led by The ...

A vaccine is urgently needed to protect Anglesey's red squirrels from a deadly virus, a councillor has said. Cllr Dylan Rees will call for an "urgent" plea to be issued to the Welsh Government to fund ...

14:05, Sun, Jan 25, 2026 Updated: 14:17, Sun, Jan 25, 2026 Red squirrel volunteer groups are furious after millions of pounds of lottery money were ring-fenced for office jobs in a bid to increase the ...

A Baroness has sparked fury after wearing a Dolce and Gabbana dress decorated with grey squirrels to a conference about protecting endangered reds. Baroness Sue Hayman, of Ullock, claimed she 'didn't ...

More than 75,000 animal lovers are backing a petition to add the creatures to conservation lists and block people from ...

Red squirrels have officially been classified as endangered across Great Britain, particularly in England and Wales. With the introduction of grey squirrels, outcompeting them and carrying the fatal ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A petition has been launched calling for the creation of a red squirrel emoji as part of efforts to raise awareness for one of the ...