Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The City of Winnipeg is seeking the province's approval to use pesticides to control ground squirrel populations. (Monty ...

CALIFORNIA (KNTV) - Researchers at the University of California-Davis are about to do something that has never been done before. They are going to put squirrels on birth control. Eastern Fox Squirrels ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Gray squirrels in the U.K. may soon be given oral birth control medication in an attempt to keep the invasive species at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are thought to be 2.7 million grey squirrels in the UK, versus only 287,000 red squirrels. The invasive greys, brought to ...

The UK government is backing plans to give invasive grey squirrels oral contraceptives to reduce numbers of the animals, in an effort to boost tree cover and allow the return of native red squirrels.

Landowners are to be paid millions of pounds of public money to cull grey squirrels under the first national plan for managing their numbers. Under the scheme, designed to protect red squirrels and ...