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.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi’s role in a recent discovery in the forests of New Guinea is rewriting a scientific story that seemed finished thousands of years ago. Scientists from the Bishop Museum and ...

A once-extinct marsupial has been released in Australia following a breeding programme designed to ensure its survival. The eastern barred bandicoot was declared extinct in the wild in 1991 after ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two marsupial species thought to be extinct for over 7,000 years have been rediscovered as living animals. On Thursday, Bishop Museum, along with the State of Hawaii Museum ...

Two marsupial species that were thought to have gone extinct at least 6,000 years ago have been found on the island of New Guinea. The discovery was far from swift, with the first clues of the ...

Researchers say the remarkable discovery was made using fossils, photos and a misidentified museum specimen Arman Muharmansyah/Australian Museum Two marsupials ...

Two marsupial species that scientists thought had gone extinct at least 6000 years ago have been found alive on the island of New Guinea. The ring-tailed glider and pygmy long-fingered possum, ...

Sometimes we get nice things — and marsupials get a miraculous, genetically engineered resurrection. Bandicoots, a group of tiny nocturnal creatures once declared extinct in Australia, are back from ...