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

Two marsupial species presumed to be extinct have “risen from the dead” after being rediscovered on the island of New Guinea, ...

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 ...

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

Scientists have confirmed that two marsupial species, known only from ancient fossils for more than 7,000 years, are still alive in New Guinea-discovered through a combination of Indigenous knowledge, ...

The death of this ancient species, discovered alongside more newly described mammals, had been greatly exaggerated.

Learn about two marsupial species discovered in New Guinea that were thought to have been extinct for 6,000 years.

Researchers came across a tiny long-fingered possum and a ring-tailed glider living in the rainforest in the Indonesian province of West Papua. Find out more here.

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 ...

A dozen fish pulled from a South African river sparked years of debate before being confirmed as a new species.

A search for a fish lost to extinction led to a brand-new species hiding in a South African river.