Giant flying squirrels that were as big as house cats glided across North America around 5 million years ago, researchers have discovered, after identifying an unusual fossil found inside an ancient ...

‘It is amazing to imagine these giant flying squirrels gliding over rhinos and mastodons living in the forests of Tennessee.’ By Andrew Paul Published Feb 26 ...

A giant flying squirrel, roughly the size of a house cat, once soared through the forests of what is now Southern Appalachia.

Flying squirrels are interesting animals that can be found throughout much of North America and many other parts of the world. They are generally quite small today, but in the past, there was at least ...

Scientists had an idea of what prehistoric Appalachia looked like: alligators coexisting with tapirs, turtles and carnivores that resemble modern-day red pandas. Now, they are adding giant flying ...

A giant flying squirrel the size of a house cat swooped through the skies of Southern Appalachia some 4.75 million years ago. This is the revelation of a team of paleontologists from the East ...