The colugo is one of the most unusual mammals on Earth, yet most people have never even heard of it. Often mislabeled a “flying lemur,” it isn’t a lemur at all, and it doesn’t truly fly — it glides ...

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 ...

Why it's awesome: Colugos are commonly called "flying lemurs," but the name is misleading. These nocturnal mammals look somewhat like lemurs, with small, furry faces that are dominated by a pair of ...

With large goggle-like eyes, webbed feet, and a full-body wingsuit made of skin, the flying lemur looks like an unconventional superhero soaring through the trees. Its elusive nature and peculiar ...

Berkeley -- The "flying" lemur of Malaysia is the champion of all gliding mammals, able to drop from the forest canopy, glide more than the length of two football fields, execute 90-degree turns and ...