A tree that was declared extinct nearly two centuries ago has resurfaced in Brazil, which scientists have deemed an "incredible find." The Pernambuco holly (Ilex sapiiforumis) was found by scientists ...

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 ...

Two species of marsupials thought to have been extinct for the past 6,000 years have been found very much alive on the island ...

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 ...

The pygmy possum has a stripe down its back and an unusually long fourth finger, twice as long as the rest of its digits, that it uses to extract insect larvae that bores down into wood. It was last ...

Scientists have described an exciting discovery: two marsupials that modern science thought to be extinct are still alive in ...

Scientists have rediscovered two marsupial species in New Guinea that were believed to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago. The ...

Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people ...

Researchers came across a tiny long-fingered possum and a ring-tailed glider living in the rainforest in the Indonesian province of West Papua. Find out more here.

So many humans live on Earth, it’s hard to imagine there are animals we haven’t seen for years, decades, or even millions of ...

Two tiny animals believed to have been extinct thousands of years ago have been rediscovered alive in the remote forests of Indonesia.