The flying squirrels ability to glide from one tree to another is unique among rodents. Before gliding, a flying squirrel bobs and rotates the head, perhaps to gauge the route, and then leaps from a ...

Flying Squirrels take a spread-eagled position to trap air that helps it to ‘glide’. This skin membrane is called patagium, and though the animal does not actually fly like birds or bats, they have ...

One fascinating discovery from our remote cameras was that the squirrels seemed to time their flights with traffic lights, waiting for cars to stop before gliding across busy roads to the jungle ...

Flying squirrels are mainly nocturnal ... and gathered plenty of shots of these very cute animals. But most of the gliding was happening high in the canopy above us. Inaccessible and impossible ...

There are about 50 species of flying squirrels ranging across most of North America down into Central America, and stretching from Southeast and Northern Asia into Siberia and Scandinavia.

The thought of snakes gliding through the air may seem like ... making them more agile gliders than even the famous flying squirrels. Scientists are still unravelling the mysteries behind the ...

Gracefully gliding between trees at night in search of a feast of truffles, the San Bernardino flying squirrel is one of the most distinctive nocturnal residents of Southern California's ...

Flying squirrels, found throughout Missouri, can glide through the air at night in the woods and eat nuts, fruits, berries, ...

While locking the back door at night, a movement on one of the hanging suet feeders caught my eye. It wasn’t wind making it ...

Missouri’s only nocturnal gliding mammal – during Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) free-to-attend virtual program from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 […] ...

“They have been gliding in our larger space ... Kefalos said the center usually takes care of a group of southern flying squirrels each year, but this year is the largest population they ...