Japanese dwarf flying squirrel in Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park, Japan
© HTB/NHK Video Bank Creative/Getty Images
Japanese dwarf flying squirrel in Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park, Japan
All day long, this small squirrel sleeps in the cavity of a conifer tree. But as the sun sets, the nocturnal glider will emerge to begin foraging for fruit and seeds. And, should it need to get from a high branch to a lower spot quickly, it spreads its arms and legs and leaps. A thin membrane of skin stretched between its front and back paws, called the patagium, helps the Japanese dwarf flying squirrel descend in a graceful glide.
Related Images
For Waitangi Day, the Pancake Rocks on New Zealand’s South Island
A rider hunts with an eagle in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia
Cefalù on the Tyrrhenian coast in Sicily, Italy
La Digue, an island in the Seychelles
An old farm in the Shetland Islands, Scotland
Shoreline near Tofino on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Firefall at Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California
Mua Caves in the Ninh Bình province of Vietnam
Bing Today Images
Wolfe Creek Crater, Australia
Jun 30, 2025
Stone carving at a temple in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Jun 30, 2024
The Acraman crater, Australia
Jun 30, 2022
Manicouagan Crater in Québec, Canada
Jun 30, 2021
Jabiru storks in the Pantanal of Brazil
Jun 30, 2020
Meteor Crater, Arizona
Jun 30, 2018
A boardwalk in Norddorf on Amrum Island, Germany
Jun 30, 2017
