In 2026, two tiny marsupials that were long written off as extinct were found alive in one of Earth's most remote and biodiverse regions.

Two marsupials thought extinct for over 7,000 years were rediscovered in New Guinea through fossils, photos and citizen science.

SCIENTISTS have hailed the “exceptional” discovery of two tiny creatures that were long believed to have gone extinct more than 6,000 years ago. Until now, ancient fossils of the pygmy ...

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

The death of this ancient species, discovered alongside more newly described mammals, had been greatly exaggerated.

Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a ...

The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two marsupials believed to have died out thousands of years ago, are still alive in Papuan Indonesia.

The discovery of two lost species is 'exceptional' and rare, scientists say ...

The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, which were thought to be extinct for over 7,000 years, have been ...

Scientists just found evidence of a rare tiny marsupial hiding out in a completely unexpected place. New evidence of the world’s smallest possum has emerged hundreds of kilometers from where it’s ...

A possum and a glider long thought extinct have been rediscovered in New Guinea by a group including Australian mammalogist ...