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.

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 ...

In 2001, a wildlife rehabilitator named Christy Hargrove decided squirrels deserved a little respect. So she founded National ...

Northern flying squirrels prefer coniferous and mixed forests, but they also live in deciduous forests. At lower elevations, both species may live in close proximity, but the duration of their ...

To date, 122 flying squirrels have been trapped, 22 of each species collared. “It’s not as simple as they overlap or they don’t. There are a lot of different scales,” Joyce said. Southern ...

Despite dire projections from climate change models predicting the complete disappearance of the West Virginia northern flying squirrels' habitat, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed all ...

Southern flying squirrels are the smaller of two flying squirrel species that call Pennsylvania home. The other is the larger northern flying squirrel, which is endangered in the state ...

Flying squirrels are rodents like all squirrels, and feed on fruits and nuts. Sri Lanka is home to two species of Flying Squirrels, of which the Petaurista philippensis or Maha Hambawa in Sinhala, was ...

Until recently there were only two species of flying squirrels in North America. But the Northern and Southern species have been getting cozy and are interbreeding. WSJ’s Angus Loten reports.

There are nine species of squirrels in the Upper and Lower Peninsula of Michigan. To honor National Squirrel Appreciation Day ...