Lost marsupials have been found alive in New Guinea after 6,000 years, highlighting hidden biodiversity and conservation urgency.

Scientists estimate that roughly one quarter of all plant and animal species on Earth are now at risk of extinction. Habitat ...

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 ...

Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two animals that were thought to have gone extinct thousands of years ago: a relative of Australia’s greater glider and a ...

In the mallee woodlands of New South Wales, Australia, pint-sized marsupials called red-tailed phascogales once thrived.

Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charity ...

A citizen scientist's wildlife photo helped researchers confirm two marsupial species thought extinct for over 7,000 years are still alive.