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 ...

Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer, Shivakumar Gangal, has recently shared an elusive video capturing a flying squirrel gliding gracefully between trees—a sight rarely seen by many.

“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 ...

In the Western Ghats, the vibrant Indian Giant Malabar Squirrel leaps through treetops, aiding seed dispersal and forest growth — a true ecosystem guardian.

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 ...

The last couple of nights, I take my uvBeast UV flashlight outside and watch the wild flying squirrels at my house gliding around in the darkness. I must say, it is very strange to see hot pink ...

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 ...