The diet is similar to the southern flying squirrel’s with a few exceptions. The northern flying squirrel is less carnivorous, and in winter relies on lichens and conifer cones, seeds, and buds for ...

A furred membrane (patagium) extending between the wrists of the front feet and the ankles of the hind feet distinguish both species of flying squirrels inhabiting the Adirondacks. Flying squirrels ...

FEEDING: Flying squirrels spend considerable time foraging on the forest floor searching for truffles, the underground fungi that are its primary food. They detect truffles by digging near downed logs ...

and drought threatens its truffle fungus food, which depends on wet, cool conditions. Forest-management practices that remove canopy cover, snags and downed logs are degrading the squirrel's habitat, ...

Acorns and maple seeds are a prime food source for southern flying squirrels. “As they’re coming north, they are spreading those seeds further,” Mangan said. What could be lost where they ...

But minutes after a bowl with the video camera installed in the center of it was set, three Siberian flying squirrels gathered around it. They curled their tails and holding food with their small ...