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 ...

Birds are not the only creatures that can fly. Here is a list of animals that have the ability to soar in the skies ...

Flying squirrels own the night. They dial into their surroundings with large eyes and ears. When they travel between treetops, they leap and catch air, kite-like, in the stretchy flaps of skin ...

Mr. Paebotuwage, who is also the Vice President, Research Committee- Young Zoologists’ Association, identified the mammal as a Giant Flying Squirrel, measuring two-and-a-half feet, with full grown ...

The other is the larger northern flying squirrel, which is endangered in the state, Kefalos said. Despite their name, they can’t fly and, instead, have flaps of skin attached to their legs that ...