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 ...

Six long years have elapsed since I last wrote about southern flying squirrels. That column ran on Dec. 31, 2017, and was made possible by the doyen of flying squirrels, Professor Don Althoff of ...

There's the northern flying squirrel and the southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans), plus the Humboldt's flying squirrel (Glaucomys oregonensis), identified as a species in 2017 after ...

There is a dearth of state research about flying squirrels, a diminutive, rarely seen critter with outsized skills. Minnesota has two species of the little aerialists, a southern and a northern ...

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 ...

Two types of flying squirrels are native to North America. They are the northern and southern flying squirrels. The southern flying squirrel is the smallest with gray hair and a white belly.

Renae Swayser holds a southern flying squirrel. On a wintry Saturday morning, a group gathered in the Poconos to look for a specific rodent - the northern flying squirrel. Renae Swayser ...

Thirty-one southern flying squirrels have made a temporary home at the Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Center after being displaced from their homes this winter.

The same can’t be said for the southern flying squirrel, the only flying squirrel species found in the state of Alabama. According to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ...