The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two marsupials believed to have died out thousands of years ago, are still alive in Papuan Indonesia.

The pygmy long-fingered possum is one of two mammal species that scientists found in the remote jungle in West Papa, both of ...

The Miami Herald has reported some good evolutionary news about Cape Verde. A once-declared-extinct insect has been found throughout the mountains on one of its islands. The archipelago nation sits ...

The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, which were thought to be extinct for over 7,000 years, have been ...

Researchers identified a new freshwater fish species in South Africa after years of genetic testing and analysis.

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By CHRISTINA LARSON, Associated Press Science Writer Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and ...

An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month.

There are 64 species of extant gliding mammals that are currently recognized, which are divided into six different families. These comprise eight species of gliding marsupials that live within ...