Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Ever wonder what it’s like to be two Humboldt’s flying squirrels (Glaucomys oregonensis) moving together through the canopy—gliding up to 300 feet at a time as they leap between towering redwoods under the cover of night?
These nocturnal forest dwellers sail silently through the trees, nesting high in soft, lichen-lined cavities and living on a diet of fungi and tree sap, with the occasional insect or bird egg.
Graceful in the air but a little clumsy once they touch down, they spend their lives stitched into the night sky of the redwood forest.
Ever wonder what it’s like to be two Humboldt’s flying squirrels (Glaucomys oregonensis) moving together through the canopy—gliding up to 300 feet at a time as they leap between towering redwoods under the cover of night?
These nocturnal forest dwellers sail silently through the trees, nesting high in soft, lichen-lined cavities and living on a diet of fungi and tree sap, with the occasional insect or bird egg.
Graceful in the air but a little clumsy once they touch down, they spend their lives stitched into the night sky of the redwood forest.
