So many humans live on Earth, it’s hard to imagine there are animals we haven’t seen for years, decades, or even millions of ...

Animals considered extinct for 6,000 years just re-emerged in a New Guinea rainforest ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The pygmy longfingered possum (Dactylonax kambuayai), and the ring-tailed glider (Tous ayamaruensis), two marsupial species ...

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

Lost marsupials have been found alive in New Guinea after 6,000 years, highlighting hidden biodiversity and conservation ...

Two species of marsupials thought to have been extinct for the past 6,000 years have been found very much alive on the island ...

The pygmy long-fingered possum uses its specialized ears and long digits to hunt for grubs in rotting wood. Carlos Bocos / T.F. Flannery et al., Records of the Australian Museum, 2026 Two marsupial ...

Two marsupial species that scientists thought had gone extinct at least 6000 years ago have been found alive on the island of New Guinea. The ring-tailed glider and pygmy long-fingered possum, ...

Scientists have rediscovered two marsupial species in New Guinea that were believed to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago. The finding highlights the hidden biodiversity of remote rainforests.

Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a collaboration of scientists, indigenous communities and citizen scientists. The ...

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