Palaeontologists from East Tennessee State University and the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, have just revealed the existence of a new fossil specimen belonging to a giant flying squirrel.

Adults weigh 454-681 g (1-1.5 lb). The deciduous forests of the eastern half of North America provide optimum habitat for the gray squirrel, but the range includes portions of the mixed forest in ...

A prehistoric giant flying squirrel once glided over ancient Appalachia but went extinct as the climate cooled. Its fossils, ...

“The fox squirrel is the largest tree squirrel in North Carolina, nearly twice the size of the more common gray squirrel,” said the state’s Facebook post. How big do they get? “When I saw ...

The red squirrel’s appearance varies seasonally. The paler, reddish to olive gray coat of summer includes a black line ... The range of the red squirrel is from the tree line of North America south ...

Researchers have identified a giant flying squirrel fossil from a cache of unusual animal remains dug out of an ancient ...

“That warmer climate allowed the squirrel’s ancestors to cross into North America, likely gliding through dense, humid forests like those preserved in the fossil record at Gray millions of ...

The fate of P’Nut the gray squirrel and Fred the raccoon — wild animals that became illegal domestic pets in upstate New York — moved 11 Republican lawmakers who want to make New Hampshire a ...

Researchers have identified a giant flying squirrel fossil from a cache of unusual ... The fossil sheds light on how flying squirrels reached North America.