Two species of marsupials thought to have been extinct for the past 6,000 years have been found very much alive on the island ...
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 ...
They were gone for 6,000 years. Turns out, they were just hiding. Two marsupial species that scientists believed had vanished from the earth thousands of years ago have been found alive and well in ...
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 ...