Other recent discoveries include a species of bone-crushing dog that was discovered in 2022. “It is amazing to imagine these giant flying squirrels gliding over rhinos and mastodons living in the ...

"It is amazing to imagine these giant flying squirrels gliding over rhinos and mastodons," said paleontologist Joshua Samuels.

How old are baby flying squirrels they take flight? Get to know these unusual members of the squirrel family and their flight habits.

A giant flying squirrel—about the size of today's house cats—once soared through the skies over what is now Southern Appalachia, gliding above rhinos, mastodons and red pandas. The discovery ...

“It is amazing to imagine these giant flying squirrels gliding over rhinos and mastodons living in the forests of Tennessee 5 million years ago,” said study co-author Joshua Samuels. The ...

Snakes are often perceived as ground-dwelling creatures that slither their way through life. However, some snake species defy ...

The Gray Fossil Site, overseen by the Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology at East Tennessee State University, ...

Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer, Shivakumar Gangal, posted a video featuring a flying squirrel gracefully gliding its way through two trees, which seemed to be a rare sight. Sharing the ...

The video has accumulated more than 31,000 views and several likes. A rare video of a flying squirrel gliding gracefully between the trees has captivated social media users. The short clip ...

The flying squirrels ability to glide from one tree to another is unique among rodents. Before gliding, a flying squirrel bobs and rotates the head, perhaps to gauge the route, and then leaps from a ...

It would’ve been about the size of a house cat so quite a bit bigger than a tree squirrel you might see in your yard today, but they’re very lightly built since they gliding animals and so it ...

Rather than fly, they’re experts at gliding. This is done through the use of a membrane called the patagium. The patagium allows any of these squirrels to glide for quite a ways, as they use a ...