A Gliding Possum Genus Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years Was Found Alive

I’m constantly in awe of the natural world around us. There’s something so calming about walking through nature and seeing ...
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2 Cute Creatures Thought to Be Extinct for 7,000 Years Rediscovered In New Guinea

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 ...
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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 collaboration of scientists, indigenous communities and citizen scientists. The ...
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Two marsupials thought extinct for 6,000 years found alive in Indonesian Papua

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 ...
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Scientists thought these marsupials went extinct 6,000 years ago. They just found the animals alive

Two marsupial species presumed to be extinct have “risen from the dead” after being rediscovered on the island of New Guinea, which lies north of Australia. One is the pygmy long-fingered possum ...

‘Living fossil’ discovered in Laos: Animal thought extinct for 11 million years found alive

A rodent found in Laos has been determined to belong to a group thought to have gone extinct in the fossil records about 11 million years ago. This rodent is called the Laotian rock rat. The discovery ...