With their large eyes and furry bodies, it’s surprising that one of the cutest and most skillful gliders is an animal most ...

Colugos are one of those animals that look so unusual you might think they were computer-generated. They are often called flying lemurs, yet that name is misleading. They are not lemurs, and they do ...

Among the gliding animals, the colugo or "flying" lemur of Southeast Asia is the champ. It's able to glide the length of two football fields with its doormat-sized skin flaps. Researchers are ...

Everyone has always assumed that animals glide to save energy, but when researchers attached acclerometer/radio transmitter back packs to colugos in the Singapore rainforest, they discovered that ...

Despite being found in most forest habitats of Southeast Asia, surprisingly little is known about the Malayan colugo, or "flying lemur". One naturalist is hoping to change that. You don't have to ...

Colugos, often misidentified as flying lemurs, are unique mammals belonging to the Dermoptera order, closely related to primates. These nocturnal creatures possess a distinctive patagium, a skin ...