Forest researchers in north-central Minnesota are bringing the little-analyzed world of an elusive night creature into the light. There is a dearth of state research about flying squirrels ...

In particular, southern flying squirrels (Glaucomys volans ... The northern flyer is located in the extreme northern states, from Minnesota through New England and well into Canada.

Participants, dressed in all sorts of costumes, tested their skills as they picked up speed and tried to cross a pool of frigid water.

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 ...