While hardware store shelves are filled with squirrel and deer repellent, for example, the black or white or speckled ...

While walking along Houston's White Oak Bayou this week, Lajla Cline spotted something that made her do a double take. High above her, clinging to a nearby tree, was an all-black squirrel.

In white-tailed deer, for instance ... and Goshen College, that made the black squirrel their mascot. This discrepancy surprised us because the genetic mutation that causes melanism occurs ...

OLMSTED TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) — Sightings of a “rare” white or black squirrel are becoming more and more common. But in Northeast Ohio, an even more unusual variant was spotted. The picture ...

It could be a white squirrel that's been introduced from another area, but it's more likely a mutation," he said. Winsten said melanistic, or all-black, squirrels are common in the Northeast ...

The rodents sport five black stripes down their backs ... Chipmunks also have a lighter-colored underside and a white stripe above and below their eyes. Squirrels, on the other hand, come ...

Cities they pop up include Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and Iowa City. While they have same basic "rights" as other squerrles in ...

In white-tailed deer, for instance ... and Goshen College, that made the black squirrel their mascot. This discrepancy surprised us because the genetic mutation that causes melanism occurs ...

Some spotted white squirrels also have black eyes and are believed to have leucism, instead of albinism. Leucism also causes a complete lack of pigment - but not in the eyes. Experts say that ...