Science news articles about 'female squirrel'

There's a reason female squirrels are so promiscuous, and it can't be blamed on their mothers.

EDMONTON, Alberta, June 24 (UPI) -- Canadian and British scientists have found female red squirrels show high levels of multi-male mating, even with genetically related males.

... basis to the behaviour. The Guelph team discovered that female squirrel behaviour results from opportunity alone ... promiscuity was not reliably inherited by offspring. "A female squirrel that only chose to mate with one male could have a daughter that mates ...

... is Peter, a three-legged, tail-less female squirrel who hangs out in the Chancellor's Esplanade. "Despite ... ," Delgado said. In another experiment, the team looked at how squirrels respond to frustration and found it brings out their problem solving ...

... woods get crowded, female squirrels improve their offspring's odds of survival by ramping up how fast ... survive, he added. While researchers found that female squirrels could use hormones to help the early survival ...