Imagine a fish so desperate to survive that it takes flight above the waves, using the open air as its last line of defense.

Flying squirrels and other gliding animals have mastered the art of controlled falls, using skin flaps, wings, or even unique body structures to navigate the air. From squirrels to lizards and ...

With large goggle-like eyes, webbed feet, and a full-body wingsuit made of skin, the flying lemur looks like an ...

Flying fish are thought to have evolved this remarkable gliding ability to escape predators ... There is currently no protection status on these animals.

in how animals work," said Brian Stafford, a research associate at the museum who did his thesis on gliding mammals. "I got into flying lemurs, and that led me into research on all gliding mammals." ...

The native rodents, southern flying ... animals entertained with piles of leaves and straw, as well as contraptions where the squirrels have to work a bit to find food. “They have been gliding ...

How these animals take flight is a bit of a misconception. Rather than fly, they’re experts at gliding. This is done through the use of a membrane called the patagium. The patagium allows any of ...

Like its non-flying close relatives, Microraptor had elongated bones lining the top and underside of its tail, forming a stiff counterbalance that allowed the animal to keep its center of gravity ...

Many animals, such as flying squirrels, frogs, snakes, fish and other gliding animals, can move through the air by unpowered flight. Besides bats, birds are the only living vertebrates capable of ...

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.

Flying squirrels are mainly nocturnal ... chance he got and gathered plenty of shots of these very cute animals. But most of the gliding was happening high in the canopy above us.