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 ...

Have you ever paused to truly observe a squirrel? These common creatures possess a wealth of fascinating traits and behaviors ...

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 ...

President Obama Called on to Restore Protection to Endangered Flying Squirrel. WASHINGTON, D.C.— George Bush has been out of office for more than two months on this April Fool’s Day – but the West ...

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 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 ...

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.