Squirrel intelligence and adaptability get put to the test in this challenging obstacle course, in which the gray squirrels need to cross a series of platforms – some stable, some not – in order to ...

For nature-loving suburbanites, laying out a buffet of seeds and nuts for visiting critters is a great way of transforming a sleepy old backyard into a bustling cafeteria for local wildlife -- but ...

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- What are you doing on any given day at 5:00 in the morning? We're gonna guess you're in bed! The man you'll see in the video below...is busy squirrel watching! As you likely know - ...

If you have a bird feeder or a vegetable garden, you likely already know that squirrels are ridiculously smart and determined little critters, seemingly able to outwit and outmaneuver every obstacle ...

BYU grad Mark Rober decided to use his time at home to try and find a solution to every backyard bird watcher's biggest dilemma: squirrels stealing food from bird feeders. After multiple types of ...

Mark Rober found a creative and hilarious way to squirrel-proof his bird feeder. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared ...

The squirrel ninjas triumph again. Mark Rober may be a former NASA and Apple engineer but the squirrels in his backyard are smarter than his obstacle course. After version 1.0 of the squirrel maze ...

There’s no question that former NASA engineer Mark Rober is a gift from the geek gods, and a person that no one should EVER cross. We’ve seen his science- and tech-filled hijinks against porch pirates ...

YouTuber and budding quarantine bird enthusiast Mark Rober failed in his quest to find a bird feeder capable of stopping squirrels from breaking into the bird seed. So he created an ingenious ...

A man has built an NHS-themed obstacle course for squirrels in his garden as a "quirky" tribute to health service staff to make them "smile". Steve Barley, 55, from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, made the ...

The former NASA engineer behind the package-thief punishing glitter bomb has a new invention: a backyard obstacle course intended to stave off nut-stealing squirrels. “This is a bird feeder, and ...