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.

Apart from these differences, and larger size, the northern flying squirrel resembles the southern. Adults are 250-298 mm (10-11.7 in) in total length, and weigh 75-125 g (2.6-4.4 oz). The range is ...

Researchers were particularly surprised by this discovery, as previous evidence of flying squirrels in North America was rare ...

Contrary to what one might expect, however, Miopetaurista is not closely related to the squirrels we now see in North America; they have in fact more in common with the giant flying squirrels of ...

With built-in parachutes in the form of wing-like flaps of skin stretching from leg to leg, West Virginia northern flying squirrels glide among the trees in the mountains of Appalachia. Flying ...