The northern flying squirrel is less carnivorous, and in winter relies on lichens and conifer cones, seeds, and buds for food, instead of stored nuts. The northern flying squirrel eats relatively more ...

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 ...

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.

Like spotted owls, flying squirrels thrive in mature forests with big trees ... and drought threatens its truffle fungus food, which depends on wet, cool conditions. Forest-management practices that ...

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 ...