Researchers say the remarkable discovery was made using fossils, photos and a misidentified museum specimen Arman Muharmansyah/Australian Museum Two marsupials ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

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. The two Lazarus species, named after a biblical figure who ...

Scientists have confirmed that two marsupial species, known only from ancient fossils for more than 7,000 years, are still alive in New Guinea—discovered through a combination of Indigenous knowledge, ...

Scientists have confirmed that two marsupial species — the pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider — are alive in New Guinea after being known only from fossil evidence for more than ...