Many years ago, this column documented the Game Commission’s failed pursuit of a new hybrid game animal, namely the creation ...

This fossil, however, provides definitive proof that these giant flying squirrels, whichweighed about 1.4 kg—three times heavier than today’s typical gray squirrels—once roamed North America.

The last time a wild red squirrel was spotted in Cornwall was in 1984; most of Britain’s 140,000 are in Scotland, but there are also pockets in the north of England, Wales and on the Isle of Wight. By ...