When an animal moves from the endangered species list to being officially extinct, it's undeniably a sad day. The creature ...

Discover 15 amazing animals that were thought to be extinct but were found alive. These are nature's greatest comebacks.

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 ...

Deep in the rainforests of Papua, Indonesia, two marsupial species that scientists believed had been extinct for roughly ...

Scientists working with Indigenous communities in Papua, Indonesia, have stunned the conservation world by confirming that two small mammals thought extinct for around 6,000 years are alive in the ...

Researchers say the remarkable discovery was made using fossils, photos and a misidentified museum specimen Arman Muharmansyah/Australian Museum Two marsupials ...

Sometimes, nature delivers a surprise that feels almost miraculous. Scientists have confirmed that two small marsupial species — the pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider — are still ...

It's rare to identify a new genus of mammals. Currently, there are only an estimated 1,360 mammalian genera. Well, 1,361 now thanks to Tous.

Two species of marsupials thought to have been extinct for the past 6,000 years have been found very much alive on the island of New Guinea. The two Lazarus species, named after a biblical figure who ...