I’ve always found the critters that are not well known or the ones that are mysterious to be the most fascinating. A good ...

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 ...

A flying squirrel showed off its ability to glide from tree to tree while under a spotlight in a forest in India recently. Shivakumar Gangal, a member of the Indian Forest Service, captured this video ...

If you had told me that this animal exists, 2 years ago when I got selected in the Indian Forest Service, I would have ...

Watch a rare video of a flying squirrel gliding through trees, shared by Indian Forest Service officer Shivakumar Gangal, and learn about wildlife conservation efforts.

It featured Formosan giant flying squirrels – nocturnal, cat-sized mammals with bushy tails and a wing-like membrane called a patagium, which they use to glide. These squirrels were living in ...

Squirrels, however, can be found sleeping and resting in dreys throughout the year — making dreys longer lasting home bases. “For the most part, they’re taking shelter from nocturnal predators, like ...

West Virginia northern flying squirrels can also be identified by their long whiskers, which are common to nocturnal animals. The squirrels' distinctive, sail-like patagia (folds of skin between the ...

I often enjoy the more common side of nature, the nature in our own backyards or neighborhood park that we see every day: for example, the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). It’s ...