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Greater gliders have been hit hard by fire and drought, ecologists say
The greater glider population in the NSW Blue Mountains has more than halved after the 2019-20 bushfire season and prolonged drought and heatwaves.
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Installation of wooden poles could save Aussie gliders
Aussie gliders may not often turn up as roadkill, but their ability to travel from tree to tree is hampered by the construction of large scale roads.
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Yellow-bellied glider joey debuts at Taronga
Banjo, the yellow-bellied glider possum at Taronga Zoo
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Successful breeding of the world’s smallest gliders
Seven exquisitely small feather-tail glider juveniles have emerged from their nest boxes at Taronga Zoo this week
Creatura Blog
The Sunda flying lemur not what it seems
The Sunda flying lemur is not a lemur at all, nor can it fly. But it is one of the best gliding colugo in the world
Creatura Blog
Australia’s greater glider, the clumsy possum
Part of the ringtail possum family, this greater glider lacks the typical prehensile tail
Wildlife
Gallery: Gliding mammals in the world
As forest canopies thinned, some tree-dwellers evolved to glide between branches. Six of them live in Australia.