My six-year-old daughter jumped up and down with excitement, her eyes sparkling as she motioned toward the gray squirrel lying at the base of a cedar tree. “I got it! I got my first squirrel,” she ...

PINALEÑO MOUNTAINS, Ariz. — The Arizona Game and Fish Department says the Mount Graham red squirrel population has increased four percent. The endangered animal is native to the Pinaleño Mountains in ...

Wildlife agencies counted 232 squirrels on Mount Graham, about the same as a year ago, which is good news during a drought.

The Mount Graham red squirrel population declined slightly in the past year despite a new counting method that more accurately locates the population, state officials said. The 2023 survey of the ...

An endemic subspecies of squirrel that has been in peril for more than half a century is showing signs of population growth in its southeastern Arizona habitat, likely due to a new survey method. The ...

After years of struggling numbers, the Mount Graham Red Squirrel population is holding steady. A new survey from state and federal wildlife agencies shows the number of squirrels in the Pinaleño ...

The latest survey of the endangered Mount Graham red squirrel in the Pinaleño Mountains shows a stable population, with an ...

After a devastating 2017 wildfire nearly wiped the species out, the Mount Graham red squirrel, the nation's rarest small mammal, continues its slow climb out of the danger zone. The annual survey of ...

WASHINGTON – An endangered squirrel that was driven to the brink of extinction by wildfire just three years ago in southern Arizona has seen its numbers more than triple following federal, state and ...

The Mount Graham red squirrel continues its climb back from the brink, seven years after a wildfire nearly wiped it out. The endangered rodent’s numbers have jumped by more than 61% over the past year ...

The population of endangered Mount Graham red squirrels held steady in 2025, according to the annual survey by state and ...