Scientists find 2 marsupial species, thought to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago, living in the forests of New Guinea

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.

Largest known Mesozoic crocodyliform egg clutch discovered in Brazil

In a study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, researchers Dr. Giovanna M. X. Paixão and her colleagues ...

Weird-Looking Marsupial Found Alive After 6,000 Years of Alleged ‘Extinction’

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

2 'Lazarus' animals thought to be extinct for over 7,000 years found alive in New Guinea

Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a ...
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Two Tiny Marsupials Thought Extinct For 6,000 Years Discovered Alive And Well In New Guinea

The pygmy possum has a stripe down its back and an unusually long fourth finger, twice as long as the rest of its digits, that it uses to extract insect larvae that bores down into wood. It was last ...