The winter of 2023-24 has been not quite the warmest on record for the Northland, but nearly so. While December and February were contenders for the No. 1 spot, January provided us with a few weeks ...

Both January and February were colder than normal. January’s 4.7 degrees was 6.5 below the normal of 11.2 degrees. This impressive deviation was less than what we experienced in the following month.

Dear Master Gardener: We have some trees along our road that have the bark eaten from them. I don’t think it is from porcupines because the small branches are eaten, too. Any information on this would ...

A squirrel's diet typically consists of nuts, berries, seeds, plant shoots, and garden vegetables. They eat the new growth on the tips of trees and branches, as well as the bark, and when their ...

While they’re entertaining to watch, the common gray squirrel can do damage to trees and invade homes. Courtesy Johnson County Research and Extension Do you find squirrels cute and fun to watch? Or do ...

The UF/IFAS Leon County Extension Office and I have been receiving a lot of calls lately about squirrels. This is no surprise, as Tallahassee is a city within a forest, and the most common herbivore ...