Until now, scientists have only known about the animals from fossils. But they suspected the creatures might still be alive, ...

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

Helgen identified the ring-tailed glider after seeing a photograph of the gliding ring-tailed possum in the wild and recognizing it as one of the species Aplin had previously classified as extinct.

Two marsupials thought extinct for over 7,000 years were rediscovered in New Guinea through fossils, photos and citizen science.

Woodland Park Zoo has announced when its new immersive exhibit will open.

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 ...

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 ...

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

The dairy industry uses cows to make two things: milk and baby cows. The milk, we know its fate. But what of those 9 million babies born to dairy cows each year?  Many get carted off — sometimes over ...

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 picture biodiversity, they often ...