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 ...

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

They were gone for 6,000 years. Turns out, they were just hiding. Two marsupial species that scientists believed had vanished ...

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

Until now, scientists have only known about the animals from fossils. But they suspected the creatures might still be alive, because the remote, difficult-to-navigate region where the fossils were ...

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 ...

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

Scientists have rediscovered two tiny creatures thought extinct for more than 7,000 years in the forests 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 ...

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

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