A rodent found in Laos has been determined to belong to a group thought to have gone extinct in the fossil records about 11 ...

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 ...

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 possum ...

Researchers credit fossils, photos, and Indigenous knowledge for the breakthrough discoveries Two marsupial species scientists believed had vanished more than 6,000 years ago have been discovered ...

Lazarus taxa, where a species is declared extinct but later learned to be alive and kicking, is the reason people think the ...