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.

A furred membrane (patagium) extending between the wrists of the front feet and the ankles of the hind feet distinguish both species of flying squirrels inhabiting the Adirondacks. Flying squirrels ...

Flying squirrels are the oldest living line of modern squirrels on the planet, having first appeared 30 million years ago. At home in the forest canopy and on the ground, these dexterous, social and ...

Prior research has shown that the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, which lives on the North American plains, hibernates from six to eight months every year during the winter.

Although our eastern gray squirrels get most of the attention, eastern chipmunks are pretty common in our parks, too ... While they are both members of the squirrel family, Sciuridae, chipmunks are a ...