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

A citizen scientist’s wildlife photo helped researchers confirm two marsupial species thought extinct for over 7,000 years are still alive.

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 ...

Two marsupials thought extinct for over 7,000 years were rediscovered in New Guinea through fossils, photos and citizen science.

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

Helgen identified the ring-tailed glider after seeing a photograph of the gliding ring-tailed possum in the wild and recognizing it as one of the species Aplin had previously classified as extinct.

Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two animals that were thought to have gone extinct thousands of years ago: a relative of Australia’s greater glider and a ...

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

The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, which were thought to be extinct for over 7,000 years, have been ...

Two tiny animals believed to have been extinct thousands of years ago have been rediscovered alive in the remote forests of Indonesia.

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

Researchers working with indigenous communities in Papua, Indonesia, have confirmed the survival of a ring-tailed glider and a pygmy long-fingered possum.