Scaly-tailed squirrels use thorny tail scales for grip on smooth trees. New models reveal the physics behind this, inspiring ...

The study has been published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Scientists in Switzerland have turned to a rare ...

African scaly-tailed squirrels use their scaled tails to safely move across the smooth bark of trees in their native ...

Mostly silent and nocturnal, they glide like sprites through the canopy, planting seeds, spreading mycelium and keeping ecosystems alive in ways we are only beginning to understand. Story ...

This is the first time the nocturnal creature has been spotted in the region, and its appearance has been hailed as a good omen by locals. The Indian giant flying squirrel is listed in Schedule II ...