How old are baby flying squirrels they take flight? Get to know these unusual members of the squirrel family and their flight habits.

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.

Guest stars: These San Bernardino flying squirrels are nicknamed Fiona and Fast Freddie, and they are scavenging for food scraps at the nest. The species: These critters are named for their habitat of ...

A giant flying squirrel—about the size of today's house cats—once soared through the skies over what is now Southern Appalachia, gliding above rhinos, mastodons and red pandas. The discovery ...

Recently analyzed fossils finally confirm a longtime paleontological theory: Flying squirrels the size of domesticated cats glided across the Bering Land Bridge roughly 5 million years ago.