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 ...

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

A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

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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 ...

The death of this ancient species, discovered alongside more newly described mammals, had been greatly exaggerated.

Christine and Sam Heidama turned a fiber arts hobby into a full-on llama and alpaca experience on the slopes of Haleakalā. The animals are stealing hearts at weddings, hikes, and everything in between ...

An unusual battle over new housing is emerging on the western edge of Yosemite National Park, in an area zoned for forest.

Life is too short, but some animals don’t even have the privilege to live beyond three years. Contents1. Mayfly (24 hours)2. Worker Bee (5 – 7 weeks)3. Pygmy Goby (59 days)4. Luna Moth (2 months)5.

A group of paleontologists and zoologists led by Timothy Flannery from the Australian Museum Research Institute has found that two species of marsupials, the ring—tailed flying couscous (Petauroides ...