For thousands of years, scientists knew of two tiny marsupials in New Guinea only through fossils and local legend. Researchers had long considered these species extinct. However, a team recently ...

Researchers credit fossils, photos, and Indigenous knowledge for the breakthrough discoveries Two marsupial species scientists believed had vanished more than 6,000 years ago have been discovered ...

Heritage Expeditions played a key role in supporting Professor Tim Flannery's rediscovery of a marsupial previously thought to be extinct for 6,000 years, according to a company press release.

Scientists have confirmed that two marsupial species, known only from ancient fossils for more than 7,000 years, are still alive in New Guinea—discovered through a combination of Indigenous knowledge, ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi’s role in a recent discovery in the forests of New Guinea is rewriting a scientific story that seemed finished thousands of years ago. Scientists from the Bishop Museum and ...

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 ...

Two extinct marsupial species found alive in incredible rainforest discovery ...

The fat-tailed dunnart is native to Australia's arid scrublands and largely unknown outside of science. It may also be the ...

The ampurta, a blond or brown guinea pig-sized marsupial, is distinctive for its short, fat tail that becomes a black mohawk ...