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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.

Colugos are among the strangest mammals on Earth, combining features that make them look like a bizarre mix of primates, bats, and flying squirrels . Found in the forests of Southeast Asia, these ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

They aren't monkeys and they don't really fly, but the story of flying lemurs just got twice as interesting. Genetic material has revealed that one species of the acrobatic primate is really three.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...