Now that's a squirrel of a different color! Residents in East Hartford, Conn., are scratching their heads and rubbing their eyes after several sightings of wild squirrels painted bright colors. The ...

Don't paint the squirrels. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Monday issued a warning, asking people not to paint wildlife after a Putnam County man trapped, painted and ...

They shouldn't have to tell you. And yet the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation feels compelled to anyway. "Don't paint the squirrels." The agency's Monday quip came after a ...

Connecticut animal control officers are trying to track down the tasteless artists responsible for painting at least two innocent squirrels bright neon colors, according to authorities. “We’ve got a ...

The sudden appearance of bright red squirrels in one New York town led investigators to discover they were being intentionally painted and released into the wild, according to investigators. One man ...

The mysterious appearance of bright red squirrels in one New York town led investigators to discover they were being painted and released, according to investigators. NYS Department of Environmental ...