Dear Gary: After seeing and hearing barn owls in our backyard last summer and fall, we decided to put up a barn owl nest box. It is on a pine tree trunk, approximately 20 feet above the ground.

We installed a barn owl nest box in a backyard tree. We want to attract owls so they will eat rodents that are active at night. But fox squirrels moved into the owl nest box and are using it for their ...

We examined 53 nests of southern flying squirrels constructed within nest boxes in Mobile County, AL. Of those containing a bedding layer (n = 35), 80% contained fungal rhizomorphs of Marasmius ...

The other day a little squirrel scrambled from my squirrel box and up the live oak tree, and then another came out and jumped up on the roof of the box. Then I saw two more youngsters climbing around ...

For most of us, Tropical Storm Michael is now a distant memory from this summer, but a woman named Debbie Colson in Irwinton formed a special relationship thanks to the wind and the rain. "The morning ...

Support local journalism: Find offers for new subscribers at floridatoday.com/subscribe. Gardeners love to attract wildlife to their yards by using feeders, nesting ...

I was driving a friend home one evening last week. This was up in the hills of North Berwick, where huge oaks and maples hang over the road making a tunnel through the forest. The headlights scared up ...

If you hear scrabbling in the attic, that's a strong indication you have squirrels. Other signs include a stash of acorns or nuts, nesting in the insulation, a strong smell of urine, chirping babies, ...