While some of these animals are capable of flying, others have evolved unique methods of gliding and soaring to live in their environment, escape predators, or search for food.

The colugo, often called the "flying lemur," glides effortlessly through the trees—yet it neither flies nor is a lemur.

Richard W. Thorington, Jr., Lawrence R. Heaney, Body Proportions and Gliding Adaptations of Flying Squirrels (Petauristinae), Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 62, No. 1 ...

Some creatures are surprisingly skilled fliers beyond just birds. While they don't fly like birds, they glide so smoothly through the air that it appears as if they are flying.

How dinosaurs were built to fly Like feathers, most of the other traits needed for flight also evolved long before the first birds. Scientists believe many of these features appeared at various points ...

More information: Gliding toward an understanding of the origin of flight in bats, PeerJ (2024). DOI: 10.7717/peerj.17824 ...

This big-eyed rainforest mammal looks like a cross between a bat and a squirrel. It glides between treetops using a furry ...