Possum Silhouetted against the Moon© Murray McCulloch/Shutterstock.com Quick Take Researchers successfully identified two tiny marsupials thought extinct for more than 6,000 years. 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 unusual adaptations, … Read more
Dactylonax kambuayai. Credit: Carlos Bocos/Records of the Australian Museum Scientists have described an exciting discovery: two marsupials that modern science thought to be extinct are still alive in the rainforests of western New Guinea. The discovery is all the more amazing once you learn these were supposed to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago. Both … Read more
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