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

A giant flying squirrel—about the size of today's house cats—once soared through the skies over what is now Southern ...

The newly unearthed species, known as Miopetaurista webbi, was discovered at the Gray Fossil Site, an incredibly rich site ...

Researchers at theGray Fossil Site and Museum in northeastern Tennessee, have recently uncovered the remains of a 4.9-million ...

An ancient giant flying squirrel once glided through the ancient forests of Southern Appalachia in Tennessee, USA, coexisting ...

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

Researchers have identified a giant flying squirrel fossil from a cache of unusual animal remains dug out of an ancient sinkhole in Tennessee 25 years ago. The fossil sheds light on how flying ...

The Gray Fossil Site was once an ancient sinkhole lake surrounded by a dense forest of hickory, oak and pine trees, ...

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

Researchers in Tennessee discover extremely rare fossil of a giant flying squirrel that arrived during the last Ice Age.

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These giant flying squirrels had a lightweight build, weighing around three pounds – and were quite agile in the treetops.” ...