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. They ...

The Siberian flying squirrel ranges across Northern Europe and Russia, but a population on the Japanese island of Hokkaido is now considered an endemic subspecies, known as Pteromys volans orii ...

The northern flying squirrel eats relatively more fungi, which it collects above ground, excavates from the soil, and pilfers from the caches of the red squirrel. Activity and Movement Both species of ...

The group went looking for northern flying squirrels because they are an endangered species. According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, an extensive study in Pennsylvania from 2003 through ...

The northern flying squirrel has gray-brown hair and a gray belly. If cared for properly, flying squirrels can be affectionate pets. The first few weeks after bringing them home is the most important.

Northern flying squirrels weigh between 75 and 140 grams and range from 10.8′' to 13.5′' in length. Southern flying squirrels weigh between 38 to 90 grams and range from 7.9′' to 11.2′' in ...

The general color of the upper portions of the body, head and tail of the southern flying squirrel is drab olive gray, darkest and almost black at the edges of the membranes. The underparts of the ...

A flying squirrel pauses dramatically at a nest box. With incredibly delicate whiskers, these animals extend their vibrissae forward upon landing, using them to help pinpoint the perfect touchdown ...

February marks the start of the northern flying squirrel’s mating season in Montana. (The nocturnal mammals are common in the Bob and the state.) On a typical night during this period, ...