A baby flying squirrel will take its first flight at around three months of age. Before that, they’re used to scavenging and foraging on their feet across trees at about 6 weeks of age.

But while this trait typically indicates infancy in mammals — like the wide eyes that endear us to babies and puppies — flying squirrels retain their disproportionately plump peepers into ...

Incubators are used by the nature center on a daily basis to help sick, injured and orphaned animals regulate their body ...

Baby squirrels are sometimes referred to as kits or kittens. You can tell them apart from other young mammals by their toenails, which are black rather than clear. Litters can include up to six ...

KYOTO--A family of flying squirrels has checked into a double room at a luxury hotel here, which has been closed for about a month until the babies are grown enough to seek other accommodations ...

Flying squirrels seek out hickory nuts ... to safety if the tree where they're nesting falls or is disturbed. She grabs a baby by the loose skin of its belly, climbs a tree and glides to a ...