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

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For thousands of years, scientists knew of two tiny marsupials in New Guinea only through fossils and local legend. Researchers had long considered these species extinct. However, a team recently ...

A possum and a glider long thought extinct have been rediscovered in New Guinea by a group including Australian mammalogist ...

For over a century, the appendix was considered a vestigial organ. However, recent research reveals it evolved multiple times across mammals, suggesting it provided an advantage. This pouch contains ...

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Hawaiʻi's role in a recent discovery in the forests of New Guinea is rewriting a scientific story that seemed finished ...

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A monkey descending a tree trunk often keeps its head up, moving almost like a cautious climber backing down a ladder. Squirrels and many other mammals, by contrast, tend to go headfirst.