Their eyes are large, helping these nocturnal mammals navigate the dark, and their fur color and markings vary by species. Some flying squirrels have only one mating cycle per year but others ...

Flying squirrels have small rounded heads, large black eyes, prominent ears, long whiskers, and well-furred tails. Their fur is dense, soft and silky. The tail is horizontally (dorso-ventrally) ...

The Bhutan giant flying squirrel (Petaurista nobilis), which is one of the largest in its family of flying squirrels, and the ...

Apart from these differences, and larger size, the northern flying squirrel resembles the southern. Adults are 250-298 mm (10-11.7 in) in total length, and weigh 75-125 g (2.6-4.4 oz). The range is ...

Like spotted owls, flying squirrels thrive in mature forests with big trees, large snags and plenty of downed logs that foster the growth of the truffle fungi they eat. But this squirrel is in danger ...

The native rodents, southern flying squirrels, were brought to the center this winter in two large groups after the squirrels’ Western Pennsylvania homes were no longer suitable. Katie Kefalos ...

Flying squirrels, obviously, can traverse much farther distances ... Though notably absent from big cities, much of the U.S. was once overrun by squirrels. The large population of gray squirrels in ...

are not the only squirrels that can be seen around campus. Ecologist professor Anna Mangan from the University’s Duluth campus said flying squirrels are also quite common and can be identified by ...

fox squirrel, the southern flying squirrel, the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, the eastern chipmunk and the groundhog (who knew?). The first three on the above list are the most familiar that you ...

KUNMING, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have discovered two rare species of flying squirrels, Priapomys leonardi and Petaurista nobilis, in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region ...