A team of researchers used arboreal camera traps and traditional ground-based survey techniques to collect 1,201 records of 24 arboreal mammal species. Six of the species were detected only by the ...

Currently considered near threatened on the IUCN Red List, the little-known marbled cat may at greater risk from habitat disturbance than previously thought, a new study says. The study authors ...

An amazing variety of arboreal animals have learned to glide through the forest, from flying squirrels to flying lizards and frogs, and even — frightening as it sounds — snakes. Now, add ants to that ...

Roads and other forms of human linear infrastructure are a major source of direct mortality for wildlife. They present substantial threats to global ecosystems through collisions with vehicles and ...

"Squirrels deciding and learning how to launch and land demonstrates the synergistic roles of biomechanics and cognition in robust gap-crossing strategies." Source: Dariusz Grosa, Pexels, free ...

Color-coded diagram of a small bone bed containing at least twelve individuals of the Permian synapsid Suminia. From Frobisch and Reisz (2009) As any good paleontologist knows different environments ...

Slow-moving and sleepy, sloths live high in rainforest canopies, rarely descending to the forest floor. Bright-eyed and sticky-footed, these frogs cling to leaves and hunt insects in humid rainforests ...

Tropical tree-dwelling mammals such as monkeys, kinkajous and opossums depend on complex treetop highways to get to food, potential mates and avoid predators on the ground. In the largest-ever ...

Arboreal animals evolved with adaptations like claws for gripping. Koalas eat eucalyptus and sleep 18-22 hours daily in trees. Spider monkeys use prehensile tails as a fifth limb. List of animals that ...

Primates love to climb and most make their homes high up in the branches of trees, yet when this habit started has been a contentious issue. Now, the discovery of some ankle bones is making it look ...

Sheila, Eddie, Buckles, Butterscotch, Giza and Hero came to the Flagler County Public Library in Palm Coast last week to meet and greet fans in the Doug Cisney Reading Room. About 125 people came to ...

"Squirrels deciding and learning how to launch and land demonstrates the synergistic roles of biomechanics and cognition in robust gap-crossing strategies." Source: Dariusz Grosa, Pexels, free ...