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Scientists thought these marsupials went extinct 6,000 years ago. They just found the animals alive

Two marsupial species presumed to be extinct have “risen from the dead” after being rediscovered on the island of New Guinea, ...
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Two marsupials believed extinct for 6000 years found alive

Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two animals that were thought to have gone extinct thousands of years ago: a relative of Australia’s greater glider and a ...

Ecologists alarmed after ‘one of the worst invasive’ species found in ancient Australian rainforest

A fire ant nest has been spotted at one of Australia’s most iconic World Heritage rainforests, sparking concerns about the ...