Up and down the hallway, the lights were out in all the classrooms and laboratories, along with the refrigerators, air conditioning units and lab equipment. I guess I’d better go and get it. One of ...

It’s getting harder to find a Western gray squirrel in the state. Right now, they mostly live in a few spots: the Okanogan, in north-central Washington; Klickitat County, near the Columbia River; and ...

Western gray squirrels will now be listed as endangered in Washington. The state Fish and Wildlife Commission’s decision Friday comes after a periodic status review of the large tree squirrels. It’s ...

The Western gray squirrel is the largest tree squirrel in the state. It’s being threatened by wildfires and habitat fragmentation. Courtesy of Jennifer Becar with the Washington Department of Fish and ...

Three environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit yesterday seeking to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Western gray squirrel for protection under the Endangered Species Act, ...

Washington’s Western gray squirrels are in trouble. So much so that state officials are considering uplisting the squirrels from threatened to endangered. The change comes after a periodic status ...

Squirrels seem to be a common mammal encountered throughout daily life. If they’re not in your yard, they’re perched on trees or scurrying across roadways. But one species of squirrel is in danger in ...