Scientists have described an exciting discovery: two marsupials that modern science thought to be extinct are still alive in ...

Researchers say the remarkable discovery was made using fossils, photos and a misidentified museum specimen ...

In paleontology, lineages that drop out of the fossil record and then re-emerge after long periods are termed ‘Lazarus taxa.’ ...

Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a ...

The two marsupials were found living in the remote rainforests on the Vogelkop Peninsula of New Guinea.

Scientists have confirmed that two marsupial species, known only from ancient fossils for more than 7,000 years, are still ...

For thousands of years, scientists knew of two tiny marsupials in New Guinea only through fossils and local legend. Researchers had long considered these species extinct. However, a team recently ...

Two marsupials thought extinct for 7,000 years found alive - and an iNaturalist user helped prove it.

Scientists have rediscovered two tiny creatures thought extinct for more than 7,000 years in the forests of New Guinea ...

The pygmy possum has a stripe down its back and an unusually long fourth finger, twice as long as the rest of its digits, that it uses to extract insect larvae that bores down into wood. It was last ...