Colugos have a very clever mode of transportation that has earned them somewhat of a deceiving nickname. While we sometimes call them flying lemurs, they aren’t lemurs and they technically can’t fly.

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Gripping tightly to a tree trunk, at first sight a colugo might be mistaken for a lemur. However, when this animal leaps it launches into a graceful glide, spreading wide the enormous membrane that ...

My companions scanned the treetops with binoculars and a thermal-imaging monocular. I stared at the branches and leaves, pretending I knew what to look for. It was a cool June evening just before ...

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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 ...

(Phys.org)—An international team of researchers has found genetic evidence that suggests that colugos are part of a primate sister group. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the ...

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 ...

With their large eyes and furry bodies, it’s surprising that one of the cutest and most skillful gliders is an animal most people have never heard of. Their secluded habitat and tendency to be active ...

Gripping tightly to a tree trunk, at first sight a colugo might be mistaken for a lemur. However, when this animal leaps it launches into a graceful glide, spreading wide the enormous membrane that ...