View of the valley where the Kluane Red Squirrel Project research station is located in southwestern Yukon, Canada
Adult North American red squirrel in a live trap. The squirrel has unique ear tags and colors for identification and a VHF collar.
Putting a squirrel into the Y-maze, a task to measure spatial memory. Over repeated trials, the squirrel can learn to escape through one arm
Carrying the Y-maze through the boreal forest to different squirrels' territories
Feeder array task used to measure spatial memory. Over repeated trials, squirrels can learn which container is baited with food.
Radial arm maze task use to measure spatial memory. Over repeated trials, squirrels learn which four arms are baited with food.
Weighing a squirrel pup to track growth rate in early life.
Approximately 1-day old squirrel pups
25-day old squirrel pups
A juvenile red squirrel in a live trap. Traps are baited with peanut butter and set on squirrels' territories.
Squirrel midden--its larder hoard of white spruce cones. Red squirrels defend exclusive middens and territories.
Kathleen Lake in Kluane National Park in southwestern Yukon
Kluane Red Squirrel Project 2026 field crew members
Kluane Lake in Kluane National Park
Snowshoe hare in a live trap. Hares are trapped regularly to estimate population sizes to track predator-prey cycles in the boreal ecosystem
Hungry Lake with the St. Elias mountain range in the background
Dall sheep viewed through binoculars in Kluane National Park.
Kluane National Park