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These marsupials were thought extinct for 6,000 years. Scientists found them alive in remote rainforest
The two marsupials were found living in the remote rainforests on the Vogelkop Peninsula of New Guinea.
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Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years, These Tiny Marsupials Have Just Been Rediscovered
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 ...
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Scientists find 2 marsupial species, thought to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago, living in the forests of New Guinea
The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two marsupials believed to have died out thousands of years ago, are still alive in Papuan Indonesia.
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10 animals believed extinct that were found alive!
So many humans live on Earth, it’s hard to imagine there are animals we haven’t seen for years, decades, or even millions of ...
The Miami Herald has reported some good evolutionary news about Cape Verde. A once-declared-extinct insect has been found throughout the mountains on one of its islands. The archipelago nation sits ...
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Extinct baleen whales, such as Aetiocetus weltoni (top; ~25 million years old) possessed teeth with enamel. Living baleen whales (bottom) lack teeth and feed on minute organisms with their brush-like ...
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