Squirrels Somehow Predict Seed Bonanza

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Mar 30, 2017   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years. He’s fallen only once, and he has often returned to the forest floor knowing if a ball of twigs and moss contained newborn red squirrel pups. Over the years, those squirrels have taught Boutin and his colleagues many things, including their […]