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, which lies north of Australia. One is the pygmy long-fingered ...

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

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.

A new study reveals that for conservation efforts to be effective, all threats to wildlife must be considered together, not ...

Ancient sea organisms survived until a sudden extinction 550 million years ago, revealing what may be the first major mass ...

Scientists have rediscovered two marsupial species in New Guinea that were believed to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago. The ...

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on extrapolating extinctions from the past 500 years into the future and the idea ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

The planet has seen a number of devastating fires in recent years. From California to Canada, Thailand, and Algeria, no part ...

A new study by Virginia Tech geobiologists traces the cause of the first known mass extinction of animals to decreased global oxygen availability, leading to the loss of a majority of animals present ...