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 ...

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 ...

The pygmy long-fingered possum uses its specialized ears and long digits to hunt for grubs in rotting wood. Carlos Bocos / T.F. Flannery et al., Records of the Australian Museum, 2026 Two marsupial ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A snail once thought to have been among the first species to go extinct because of climate change has reappeared in the wild. The Aldabra banded snail, declared extinct seven ...

Scientists have rediscovered two marsupial species in New Guinea that were believed to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago. The finding highlights the hidden biodiversity of remote rainforests.

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

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 ...