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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The discovery of two lost species is 'exceptional' and rare, scientists say ...

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 ...

How scientists (and the rest of us) are finding 16,000 new species a month.

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