Two marsupials previously known only from fossils and thought to have vanished 6,000 years ago have been confirmed alive in the rainforests of Indonesia's Vogelkop Peninsula.

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A discovery in a remote corner of the world has surprised researchers studying ancient wildlife. The finding is prompting new questions about how some species may survive unnoticed for thousands of ...

The discovery of two ancient fish in South China has re-written what we thought we knew about the evolution of early vertebrates.

They were gone for 6,000 years. Turns out, they were just hiding. Two marsupial species that scientists believed had vanished ...

Three tiny Purgatorius teeth found in Colorado are helping scientists trace how early primates evolved and spread across North America.

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In paleontology, lineages that drop out of the fossil record and then re-emerge after long periods are termed ‘Lazarus taxa.’ ...

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