Several animal species once thought extinct have been rediscovered decades or even centuries later, offering hope for conservation while underscoring their fragility. Known as 'Lazarus species,' these ...

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 ...

Primate fossils dating back 30 million years reveal the emergence of a North American mammal lineage that originated in Asia. Reading time 3 minutes You may think Nebraska and China have little in ...

The animals — a pygmy long-fingered possum and a newly identified ring-tailed glider — are examples of rare "Lazarus species" that reappear after vanishing from the scientific record. Each species has ...

Carlos Bocos uploaded photographs of a small marsupial to iNaturalist. Those images helped scientists confirm a species that had been classified as extinct for thousands of years — and earned Bocos a ...

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 ...

Researchers successfully identified two tiny marsupials thought extinct for more than 6,000 years. The animals — a pygmy long-fingered possum and a newly identified ring-tailed glider — are examples ...